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Application Procedures for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research-KAKENHI-

FY2021

Specially Promoted Research, Scientific Research (S/A/B/C),

Challenging Research (Pioneering/Exploratory), and

Early-Career Scientists (Forms/Procedures for Preparing and Entering a Research Proposal Document)

September 1, 2020

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

(https://www.jsps.go.jp/)

Table of Contents 1. Research Proposal Document (New Proposal) (1) Specially Promoted Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

(2) Scientific Research (S) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

(3) Scientific Research (A/B/C), Challenging Research (Pioneering/Exploratory),

Early-Career Scientists Procedures for Preparing and Entering a Research Proposal Document

Scientific Research (A/B/C) (General), Early-Career Scientists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Challenging Research (Pioneering) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Challenging Research (Exploratory) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Procedures for Preparing and Entering a Research Proposal Document

(items to be entered in the website) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 2. The Notice of Completion of Research Project (No English version available)

* Forms for the Research Proposal Document (forms to be uploaded) will be downloaded from the JSPS website below.

(URL: https://www.jsps.go.jp/j-grantsinaid/index.html)

FY2021 Procedures for Preparing and Entering a Research Proposal Document for “Specially Promoted Research” (New Proposal)

Applicants for the KAKENHI should fill in this Research Proposal Document, giving details of the research project

based on the Application Procedures, and submit it to the Independent Administrative Legal Entity Japan Society for

the Promotion of Science (hereinafter referred to as “JSPS”) prior to application. This Research Proposal Document

is used as a review material at the JSPS Scientific Research Grant Committee.

The applicant should fill in the form correctly, while taking the following points into account.

When the application is adopted as a result of the review at the Scientific Research Grant Committee, a notice

concerning the provisional grant decision will be issued. By the form of the formal application for grant delivery, the

submission based on the notice will be done. The KAKENHI will be disbursed if the research plan, etc. are

acknowledged as appropriate.

Items to be noted

* This Procedure for Preparing and Entering is to be used to prepare Research Proposal Document for

“Specially Promoted Research” as “New Application” (including an application for a grant for the fiscal

year before the final fiscal year of a research plan)”.

* When preparing the Research Proposal Document, the Principal Investigator should make the preparations

with responsibility, in accordance with the rules set forth in the Application Procedures.

* Characters and symbols in 11-point font size or larger (10-point or larger in English) should be used,

considering a large number of application forms for research project will be reviewed.

* The Research Proposal Document is consist of “II-1. Application Information (items to be entered in the

Website) (First half)”, “I-1. Research Proposal Document [form S-1(1)] (forms to be uploaded)”, “I-2.

Research Proposal Document [form S-1(2)] (forms to be uploaded)”, “II-2. Application Information (items

to be entered in the Website) (Second half)” and “I-3. Research Proposal Document [form S-1 (3)] (forms to

be uploaded)”.

* Make sure that the title of each column is at the top of the page. Also, do not exceed the number of pages

specified for each item. As a result of filling according to the instructions of each item, blank pages may be

generated but in that case, do not delete them.

* The sentences in italics on the form should be deleted but do not delete other instructions and boxes.

* Research Proposal Document prepared in English will be accepted.

* Before submitting, be sure to check whether the contents of the Research Proposal Document converted to

the PDF file are complete (missing characters, charts, garbled characters, etc.).

* The reviewers of the Scientific Research Grant Committee conduct the review (document and panel review)

of “Specially Promoted Research” based on all the forms referring to the technical comments (review

comments) made by domestic/overseas researchers whose research fields are close to the proposed research

projects (researchers in charge of the writing of review comments).

* The researchers in charge of the writing of the review comments who belong to overseas research

institutions write the review comments based on the “II-1. Application Information (items to be entered in

the Website) (First half)” and “I-1. Research Proposal Document [form S-1(1)] (forms to be uploaded)”, and

the researchers in charge of the writing of the review comments who belong to domestic research

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institutions write the review comments based on all the forms. Both overseas and domestic researchers write

review comments from their specialized perspective.

I. Research Proposal Document (forms to be uploaded)

The Research Proposal Document (forms to be uploaded) is consists of “I-1. Research Proposal Document

[form S-1(1)] (forms to be uploaded)”, “I-2. Research Proposal Document [form S-1(2)] (forms to be

uploaded)” and “I-3. Research Proposal Document [form S-1 (3)] (forms to be uploaded)”.

The Principal Investigator should download the “Research Proposal Document (forms to be uploaded)” from the

JSPS website for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, and fill it in. He/She should then access the “Electronic

Application System”, and upload the filled-in file to the “Electronic Application System”. (Files above 10 MB

cannot be uploaded.)

When preparing the Overall Research Plan, the instructions given for each column should be observed. The

margin of style is set with upper 20 mm, lower 20 mm, left 25 mm, and right 25 mm. Do not change the setting

margins because there is a risk of missing characters, etc. when preparing the review material.

I-1. Research Proposal Document [Form S-1 (1)] (forms to be uploaded)

The contents of this file will be subjected to review comments that the researchers in charge of the writing of the

review comments who belong to overseas research institutions make on the proposed research projects from the

following three points:

① Whether the objectives and contents of the research project are outstanding and distinctive research plan that

opens up new scientific fields in the current state and trend of the research field

② Is the research project an excellent research project with high creativity based on the conception of the

researcher

③ Does the researcher recognize the ability to conduct the research project

Also the contents of this file is subject to the review comments that the researchers in charge of the writing of the

review comments who belong to domestic research institutions make on the proposed research projects in

conjunction with “Research Proposal Document [form S-1(2)] (forms to be uploaded)”, “II-2. Application

Information (items to be entered in the Website) (Second half)” and “I-3. Research Proposal Document

[form S-1 (3)] (forms to be uploaded)” and to the review by the reviewers of the Scientific Research Grant

Committee.

This file should be filled in completely in English, and, the character size and the font should respectively be 10

point or larger.

However, in cases which fall under the category “Not appropriate” under the column “Appropriateness of

review comments by an Overseas Researcher”, the applicant should leave the section 1. “PROJECT

DESCRIPTION” blank and fill in only the sections 2. “CURRICULUM VITAE (CV)” (RECENT

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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES I and II included) of the Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator(s)

separately on different pages. (In this case, they can be filled in Japanese.)

Moreover, the applicant should keep in mind that the submission of the “Research Proposal Document

[Form S-1 (1)] (forms to be uploaded)” is also necessary in cases which fall under the category “Not

appropriate” under the section “Appropriateness of Comments by an Overseas Researcher”.

* When attaching the file to the electronic application system, the applicant should upload it in the column “S-1 (1)”

of “Management of Research Proposal Document” screen. Moreover, he/she should make sure that the file name

starts with “en” (capital letters are possible).

1. “PROJECT DESCRIPTION”

Firstly summarize the research in a total of 200 words and then (1) Background of the Research Project, (2)

Research Objectives and Targeted Goals of Project, (3) Research Plan and Method, (4) Importance and Necessity

of this Project and its Expected Impact on Broader Research Fields, (5) Research Achievements of the Applicant(s)

Relevant to this Project, briefly in English (within 4 pages in total).

When listing the applicant’s research achievements such as research papers relevant to this proposal, a sufficient

information (e.g., as for a research paper, the title of the paper, author, name of the journal, volume number, the

first and last page numbers, year of publication, bibliographic information in case of books) should be given in

order to identify such achievements as appropriate with reference to “RECENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES I

(Publications)”.

Moreover, it is not necessary to describe in this column sensitive research ideas the leakage of which could

lead to substantial disadvantage for the applicant.

On the other hand, details on the research project for which the current application is being made should be

described in each column of the “Research Proposal Document [form S-1 (2)] (forms to be uploaded)”.

2. “CURRICULUM VITAE (CV)”

The applicant should prepare the section “CURRICULA VITAE” on separate pages for each Principal Investigator

and Co-Investigator (in the order mentioned in the column “Project Members List”), according to the instructions

below and the instructions mentioned in the respective columns to be filled in.

Moreover, because the forms from (1) to (5) listed below form an integrated set, each researcher should complete

them.

(1) In the column “Age” the applicant should enter his/her age as of April 1, 2021.

In the column “Research Institution, Academic Unit (School, Faculty, etc.) and Position”, the applicant should

enter his/her research institution, academic unit (school, faculty, etc.) and position at the time of the preparation

of the Research Proposal Document.

(2) In “Role in this Project”, the applicant should enter concisely the roles of the researchers in the proposal (linking

it with the column “Research Proposal Document [form S-1 (2)] (forms to be uploaded)” “Research Plan

and Methods”).

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(3) In “Research Career and Experience”, the applicant should enter their principal research career and experience

since graduation in their last school in a retroactive chronological order.

(4) “RECENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES I (Publications)” is not limited to the contents of the proposed research

projects, but select the main ones including the research papers, books (excluding textbooks, academic abstracts,

lecture abstracts), intellectual properties (patents), etc., and fill it within 1 page in a retroactive chronological

order. (The research papers that can be cited are only those already published or accepted for publication.)

For a research paper, the title of the paper, authors, name of the journal, refereed or not, volume number, the first

and last page numbers, and year of publication should be given. (As long as all items of information are given,

their order is unimportant.) In case there is more than one author, it is allowed to fill in several main authors and

to omit the others. (In case the applicant omits authors, he/she should fill in the column “the total number of

authors (A) and your entry number in the author list counted from the first author (B). (e.g. “(B)/(A)”) ”.) He/She

should mark the Principal Investigator with a double underline, and the Co-Investigator(s) with a single underline.

Moreover, a corresponding author should be marked with an asterisk (“*”) on the left side.

Publications that are related to the proposed research project should be marked with a plus symbol (“+”) in the

beginning.

As for the research achievements such as research papers, books excluding textbooks, academic abstracts, and

lecture abstracts, industrial property rights, etc. described in this column, a reference should be numbered in

ascending order with Arabic figures.

(5) Select main events for "RECENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES II (Invited Lectures and Talks, Prizes, etc.)" from

invited lectures and awards at international conferences considered to be particularly important, and fill the year

of presentation within 1 page by going back to the past. In case there are no items to be mentioned, this section

can be left blank.

Moreover, for the invited lectures and talks at international conferences, the name of the international conference,

the time and date when and the place where the conference took place, and the title of the lecture or talk should

be filled in. For the prizes received, the name of the prize should be filled in. Items that are related to the

proposed research project should be marked with a plus symbol (“+”) in the beginning.

As for the research achievements such as invited lectures, awards, etc. at international conferences described in

this column, a reference should be numbered in ascending order with Arabic figures.

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The applicant should enter in the columns from (1) to (4) below, according to instructions mentioned in the

respective column to be filled in. Moreover, the applicant is allowed to add pages. However, the information in

the columns from (1) to (4) should be limited to the main points within 10 pages in total.

* When attaching the file to the electronic application system, the applicant should upload it in the column “S-1

(2)” of “Management of Research Proposal Document” screen. Moreover, he/she should make sure that the file

name starts with “jpa” (capital letters are possible).

(1) “Research Objectives, Background of the Research Project, etc.” column

In this column, the description should be given what kind of research you plan and its summary in this proposal in

accordance with the instruction specified in the Research Proposal Document to be submitted this time so that the

overall structure can be clarified. The summary should be given with approximately 10 lines of paragraph.

(2) “Significance as Specially Promoted Research” column

In this column, the description should be given the applicant’s hitherto research activities in accordance with the

instruction specified in the Research Proposal Document.

(3) “Research Plan and Methods” column

In this column, the description should be given the research plan and methods to achieve the objective of this

proposal in accordance with the instruction specified in the Research Proposal Document.

In addition, the preparation status on the research environment such as research facilities and equipment, research

materials, etc. which is indispensable for the implementation of the research plan should be given in the

“Applicant’s Ability to Conduct the Research and the Research Environment” column. (In case the

Co-Investigator(s) are involved, their research environments are also explained.)

(4) “Applicant’s Ability to Conduct the Research and the Research Environment” column

Enter in accordance with the instruction specified in the Research Proposal Document.

The description for the “(1) applicant’s hitherto research activities and the details of the achievements” , should be

focused on the research activities relevant to the submitted research plan and also the details of achievements

obtained from the research activities should be given with a view to showing the feasibility of the research plan.

In case the Co-Investigator involves, it should be focused on the research activities relevant to the prospected

roles in the research plan by the Co-Investigator.

As for the research achievements of the Principal Investigator such as research papers, books and lectures, main

items of those are given in the columns of “RECENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES I (Publications)” and “RECENT

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES II (Invited Lectures and Talks, Prizes, etc.)” rather than using this column. (In case the

Co-Investigator(s) are involved, their research achievements are also handled with the same manner.)

On showing the achievements from the past research activities in this column, a sufficient information to identify the

achievement should be given in case there are special needs to show some particular detailed research achievements such as

papers, books, patents, invited talks, etc. (e.g., as for a research paper, there should be the title of the paper,

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authors, name of the journal, the number of the volume and pages, etc., year of publication, the bibliographic

information in case of books, and so on.)

However, in case the achievements already given in the columns of “RECENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES I (Publications)”

and “RECENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES II (Invited Lectures and Talks, Prizes, etc.)” are to be shown again, the achievements

in this column should be referred in the following manner with a clear correspondence relation.

(Example)

In case of the achievements by Mr. Taro Gakushin, the Principal Investigator, already described in the “RECENT

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES I (Publications)”, the remarks in this column may be as follows;

・“The achievements on something have been done. (Refer to the No.2 in the column “RECENT RESEARCH

ACTIVITIES I (Publications)” of Mr. Taro Gakushin.)”

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The applicant should enter the column from (1) to (3) mentioned below, according to instructions mentioned in

the respective column to be filled in.

* When attaching the file to the electronic application system, the applicant should upload it in the column “S-1

(3)” of “Management of Research Proposal Document” screen. Moreover, he/she should make sure that the file

name starts with “jpb” (capital letters are possible).

(1) “Issues Relevant to Human Right Protection and Legal Compliance” column

Enter in accordance with the instruction specified in the Research Proposal Document. If the proposed research

does not fall under such categories, enter “N/A (not applicable)”.

(2) “Items to be Entered When New Application is Made in the Fiscal Year Previous to the Final Year of the

Research Period of an On-Going KAKENHI Project” column

If applicant is newly applying as “New Application is Made in the Fiscal Year Previous to the Final Year of the

Research Period of an On-Going KAKENHI Project” (cf. Application Procedures for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific

Research), enter the each item with approximately 10 lines of paragraph in accordance with the instruction

specified in the Research Proposal Document. If not, submit this form leaving the column blank without any

deletion.

(3) “Reason(s) Why Comments by an Overseas Researcher is not Appropriate” column

Enter in accordance with the instruction specified in the Research Proposal Document. If the proposed research

does not fall under such categories, enter “N/A (not applicable)”.

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II. Application Information (items to be entered in the Website)

“Application Information (items to be entered in the Website)” consists of “Application Information (items to

be entered in the Website) (First half)” and “Application Information (items to be entered in the Website)

(Second half)”.

The “Application Information (items to be entered in the Website)” are the items which the Principal Investigator

directly enters after accessing the electronic application system using the ID and the password for the

Cross-Ministerial Research and Development Management System (hereinafter referred to as “e-Rad”), which

has been provided by his/her research institution.

Also, a part of content entered (title of proposed research project, information of project member, effort, etc.) will

be provided to the e-Rad.

* The confirmation of the content of the application and the preparation of the review material is based on

the “Application Information (items to be entered in the Website)” of Research Proposal Document, which

constitutes one part of the application documents. Consequently, it is possible that the information entered

in the website will have an influence on the results of the review, or it is possible that the research project

will not be accepted for review, because of the content entered. Therefore, the applicant should prepare the

application information with care.

Select “application information input” of Specially Promoted Research from the “List of Research Categories” in

the electronic application system. The “Management of Research Proposal Document” screen will be displayed.

Next, select “application information input” in the entered application information (“Research project

information”, “Research facility/Existing equipment”, “Research Expenditure and Their Necessity”, “The Status

of Application and Acquisition of Research Grants”). The respective input screen will be displayed. On the screen

of each input, if the “Japanese ▶ English” button at the upper left of the screen is clicked, then the explanations

are translated into English.

As for the Research Proposal Document (forms to be uploaded), following files should be uploaded into each

specified area on the “Management of Research Proposal Document” screen; the “Research Proposal

Document [S-1(1)] (forms to be uploaded)”, the “Research Proposal Document [S-1(2)] (forms to be

uploaded)”, and the “Research Proposal Document [S-1(3)] (forms to be uploaded)”.

Moreover, when uploading, the file names should be as follows.

・ The name of the “Research Proposal Document [S-1(1)] (forms to be uploaded)” should start with “en”

(or capital letters are possible).

・ The name of the “Research Proposal Document [S-1(2)] (forms to be uploaded)” should start with “jpa”


・ The name of the “Research Proposal Document [S-1(3)] (forms to be uploaded)” should start with “jpb”


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II-1. Application Information (items to be entered in the Website) (First half)

1. New Proposal or Continued

The applicant should select “New Proposal”.

If he/she selects “continued”, this is limited to research projects that fall under the category “research projects in

which significant changes are made”. Applicant should consult in advance with the Research Aid Division II of the

Research Program Department, in order to know whether the change the applicant wants to make falls under this

category.

2. If Continued, Research Project Number

Because this is an item that needs to be entered only in the case of a continued application, the applicant cannot

enter it.

3. Application for Research Proposal Submission in the Fiscal Year Previous to the Final Fiscal Year of the

Research Period of an On-going Research Project (This content is not converted to the PDF file.)

The applicant should select the appropriate item from among “Applying” or “Not Applying.”

Moreover, when the applicant selects “Applying”, he/she should be sure to enter the research project number of the

continued research project of which 2021 is the final fiscal year and which is eligible for an application for research

proposal submission in the fiscal year previous to the final fiscal year of the research period of an on-going research

project. He/She should be sure to describe the necessary items in the column “Items to be Entered When New

Application is Made in the Fiscal Year Previous to the Final Year of the Research Period of an On-Going

KAKENHI Project” (cf. Application Procedures for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research) in the “Research

Proposal Document [form S-1(3)] (forms to be uploaded)”.

4. Review Section (Section of Category) (This content is not converted to the PDF file.)

The applicant should be sure to select one appropriate category for which he/she wishes review from among

“Humanities and Social Sciences”, “Science and Engineering” or “Biological Sciences”.

5. Firstly related to Medium-sized Section/Firstly related to Basic Section/Secondly related to Basic Section

(This content is not converted to the PDF file.)

In “Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research-KAKENHI-, Review Section Table” (hereinafter referred to as “Review

Section Table”), select one Medium-sized Section (01-64, 90) firstly related to the research project.

Next, select one Basic Section (01010-90150) firstly related to the research project from the Review Section Table.

Also, for Basic Section, it is possible to select optionally one more section as secondly related to Basic Section.

6. Name of the Principal Investigator

The information on Principal Investigator which has been registered in e-Rad will be automatically displayed.

Principal Investigator in question should verify whether his/her name has been displayed correctly. If there is an

error, save temporarily the input data, then contact the secretariat of his/her research institution and follow the

instructions.

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Moreover, in the section (English) below, the applicant should enter his/her name in alphabet, in the order family

name, first name.

7. Position, Academic Unit (School, Faculty, etc.) and Research Institution of the Principal Investigator



error, save temporarily the input data, then contact the secretariat of his/her research institution and follow the

instructions.

Moreover, in the section (English) below, the applicant should enter the respective information in English.

8. Title of the Research Project

In the column “Title of the research Project”, the applicant should enter a title for the proposed research project.

The title should express the content of the research until the end of the research period in concrete terms. (The

applicant should avoid general or abstract expressions.)

If there are only double-byte characters or double-byte and single-byte characters, you can enter up to 40 letters,

and if there are only one-byte characters, up to 200 letters can be entered.

The applicant should keep in mind that voiced sound symbols (dakuten) and semivoiced sound symbols

(handakuten) are not counted independently as one character, but that letters of the alphabet, numbers, symbols,

etc. are all counted as one character and displayed as such. The applicant should avoid the use of chemical

formulas and mathematical formulas as much as possible. (Example Ca2+ → input as Ｃａ２＋( counts as 4

characters))

Moreover, in the section below (English), the applicant should enter the information in English within 200

characters (only half-width characters). Full-width symbols cannot be entered.

In addition, the revision on the title of the research project is not allowed in principal.

9. Research Abstract

The applicant should enter the purpose of the research project, and the methods and other matters to achieve the

purpose of the research in a clear manner. It is possible to enter these in Japanese or in English.

Furthermore, it is noted that the review is to be conducted from diverse viewpoints by a review committee

consisting of reviewers with different backgrounds.

Research abstract can be entered up to 1000 bytes. (Double-byte characters are counted as 2 bytes and single-byte

characters are counted as 1 byte).

10. Research Expenditure

The contents entered in the “Research Expenditure and Their Necessity” of “Application Information (items to be

entered in the Website) (Second half)” will be automatically displayed in the “Research Expenditure” column.

Moreover, in the section below the amount, in which $1=¥100, is shown automatically.

11. Researchers in related research areas (This content is not converted to the PDF file.)

In the column “Researchers in related research areas”, the applicant should enter the information of researchers of

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which he/she thinks that they have the most thorough knowledge of the research area related to the research project,

and of which he/she thinks that they are able to assess accurately the content of the research project. He/She should

enter the information of researchers who belong to overseas research institutions (3 to 5 persons). (At the time, the

“Name”, the “Research Institution”, and the “E-mail” are items which must be entered.)

A review comment from around one of overseas researchers in related to the research areas entered is to be

requested.

However, researchers who are project members in the same research project for which the current application is

being made and persons who fall under the points from ① to ⑤ below are excluded.

① Kinship or a close personal relationship that is equivalent.

② A close relationship in which joint research is conducted.

(For example, a person with whom the applicant has a close relationship in the implementation of a joint

project, the writing of a co-authored research paper, or who is a member of a research association with the

same purpose.)

③ A relationship in which the researcher belongs to the same research unit (a researcher who belongs to the

same laboratory).

④ A close master and pupil relationship or a direct employment relationship.

⑤ An antagonistic relationship that could be considered as a relationship in which the selection of the research

project or the assessment directly benefits the grader, or a competitive relationship.

Moreover, if there are researchers of which the applicant thinks that they are not appropriate as domestic or

overseas persons in charge of the writing of the review comments, because they are in a competitive or antagonistic

position, or because of other reasons, the applicant should enter in the respective sections “Researchers who belong

to a domestic research institution and whom the applicant wishes to avoid as persons in charge of the writing of the

review comments” and “Researchers who belong to an overseas research institution and whom the applicant wishes

to avoid as persons in charge of the writing of the review comments” (optionally, up to three persons for each

section).

As a general rule, a written review comment is prepared for all the research projects. However, if the Principal

Investigator judges that review by an overseas researcher is difficult or inappropriate, he/she should select “Not

appropriate” in the section “Appropriateness of comments by an overseas researcher” and describe the reasons in

the section “Reason(s) Why Comments by an Overseas Researcher is not Appropriate” of the “Research Proposal

Document [form S-1(3)] (forms to be uploaded)”.

In this case, it is not necessary to enter information in the sections “Researchers in related research areas who

belong to an overseas research institution and who are considered as suitable as persons in charge of the writing of

the review comment” and “Researchers who belong to an overseas research institution and whom the applicant

wishes to avoid as persons in charge of the writing of the review comment” among the items that need to be entered

in the website.

Moreover, the applicant should bear in mind that the Scientific Research Grant Committee will judge on the

appropriateness of the reasons, and that, even if it does not judge that the reasons are appropriate, it will not reject

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them as a violation of the requirements of the application, but consider them in the comprehensive judgment during

the screening.

12. Contact Information of the Principal Investigator (This content is not converted to the PDF file.)

In the “Contact Information of the Principal Investigator” column, enter information in case that direct contact

with the Principal Investigator is required (for example, the work address is not the location of the head office but

the campus where the Principal Investigator (PI) actually works.).

13. Project Members List

As for the research plan for the Specially Promoted Research, the Co-Investigator and/or the Research

Collaborator may be invited to the research activities, if necessary. For the definitions of “Principal Investigator”,

“Co-Investigator”, and “Research Collaborator”, refer to the Application Procedures for Grants-in-Aid for

Scientific Research.

In addition, the applicant should keep in mind the following points.

(1) Project Members Input (Principal Investigator)

・In the column “Distinction”, it will be automatically displayed as “Principal Investigator”.

・In the column “Researcher Number”, “Name (Pronunciation in katakana ; Kanji etc.)”, “Age (as of April

1, 2021)”, and “Research Institution, Academic Unit (School, Faculty, etc.), Position” of the Principal

Investigator, the information on the Principal Investigator which has been registered in e-Rad will be

automatically displayed. Principal Investigator should verify whether the information has been displayed

correctly.

・In the column “Academic Degree”, Principal Investigator should fill in his/her academic degree.

・In the column “Role in This Project”, the Principal Investigator should fill in, how the Principal Investigator

and the Co-Investigator(s) will cooperate to carry out the research, in a way that clarifies the respective

connections between the researchers, and highlighting the allotment of research tasks in the research

implementation plan FY2021. Principal Investigator should also enter those information of Co-Investigator(s).

・In the column “Research Expenditure for FY2021”, the share of the grant to the Principal Investigator and the

Co-Investigator(s) should be entered in units of thousand yen, based on the research plan. Principal Investigator

should also enter those information of Co-Investigator(s).

The total amount of all the shares of the grant to each researcher should correspond to “Research Expenditure

for FY2021 (Thousand Yen)” displayed in the screen. If it does not correspond, “error” is displayed on the

confirmation screen after entry.

・In the column “Effort”, the Principal Investigator should enter the time allocation rate (an integral number

between 1 and 100), assuming that the research project for which the current application is being made would

be adopted.

When determining the time allocation rate, the Principal Investigator should determine it keeping in mind the

definition of “effort” by the Council for Science and Technology Policy. This definition is “the percentage of

time allocation (%) necessary for the implementation of the research in question, if the entire yearly working

time of the researcher is set at 100%”. Moreover, the “entire working time” does not mean time spent only on

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research activities, but entire actual working time, including time spent on educational activities and other

activities.

Moreover, when the research project for which the current application is being made is adopted, the Principal

Investigator will be requested to confirm the effort anew at that time and to perform the procedure of formal

application for grant delivery. If the effort is changed at that time, it is necessary to correct the effort in e-Rad

before formal application for grant delivery.

(2) Project Members Input (Co-Investigator)

・Concerning the entry column for the Project Members List (Co-Investigator), when pressing the button

“Add” on the left side of the entry screen one time for every member of the project, the edit box in which the

data need to be entered is displayed.

The Principal Investigator should delete edit boxes for data entry that are not being used (when he/she entered

data but finally does not use them, or when he/she did not enter data at all), by pressing the button “Delete” on

the left side.

The column “Number of Project Members”, displayed on the lowermost part of the screen is displayed

automatically, according to the number of edit boxes for data entry.

If the number in the column “Number of Project Members” and the total number of persons for whom data

have actually been entered do not correspond, “error” is displayed on the confirmation screen, the data have

been entered. Therefore, the applicant should always delete edit boxes for data in which no data has been

entered.

・In the column “Distinction”, it will be automatically displayed as “Co-I(s)”.

・In the column “Researcher Number”, “Name (Pronunciation in katakana ; Kanji, etc.)”, “Age (as of April

1, 2021)”, and “Research Institution, Academic Unit (School, Faculty, etc.), Position” of the

Co-Investigator, enter the researcher number of the Co-Investigator and click on the [Search] button, his/her

information will be displayed, and click [OK] button.

Since the Co-Investigator may belong to more than one research institution, ask the Co-Investigator at first to

confirm which affiliation he/she wishes to list for the application.

・In the columns “Academic Degree” and “Effort”, the contents which the Co-Investigator entered in the

consent process of Co-Investigator will be displayed.

・In the columns “Role in This Project” and “Research Expenditure for FY2021”, the Principal Investigator

should enter the contents. (Please refer to the column “(1) Project Members Input (Principal Investigator)” for

the entry method).

[About the Consent Process of Co-Investigator]

・The consent both from Co-Investigator him/herself and his/her research institution should be given on the

electronic application system to list him/her on the project members as a Co-Investigator.

・To make a request for Co-Investigators, check the checkbox at “Request” in the “Status of Consent” row and

save it temporarily. The researcher registered in the field is provisionally requested to participate in the research

project as a Co-Investigator. Check the checkbox again to confirm that the applicant wants to request him/her to

participate in the research project. (In addition, contact him/her that the applicant had made the Co-Investigator

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request on the system.)

・When the consent both from Co-Investigator him/herself and his/her research institution have been given, the

“Status of Consent” will be changed to “Obtained the consent from the Co-Investigator” and “Obtained the

consent from the institution”.

・The applicant cannot request the researcher to become a Co-Investigator whose status of consent is “Dissented

by the Co-Investigator” or “Dissented by the Institution”. Press [Delete] button on the left hand side of that

column and delete the frame into which the data is being entered.

・When the applicant requests the researchers to become a Co-Investigator, his/her official request should be

made based on the high probability in obtaining the consent from the Co-Investigator-to-be after surely

confirming the following items with the researchers.

① For this research project, the Co-Investigator has to bear responsibility for the implementation of the

research project in cooperation with the Principal Investigator.

② As well as the Co-Investigator understands and complies with both the KAKENHI supplementary

conditions (funding conditions) and the terms stipulated in the (a), (b), and (c) below, and receives a share

of KAKENHI from the Principal Investigator and use it properly.

(a) The Co-Investigator has to recognize that citizens have placed trust in scientific research and that the

KAKENHI are funded with their tax, and he/she therefore has to use the KAKENHI in a proper and

efficient way and refrain from committing research misconduct in the research.

(b) The Co-Investigator has to fulfil the requirement for the research ethics education coursework either by

reading a textbook such as “For the Sound Development of Science - The Attitude of a Conscientious

Scientist –“ (“For the Sound Development of Science” Editorial Committee on JSPS), by taking an

e-Learning course such as the “e-Learning Course on Research Ethics [eL CoRE] or “APRIN

e-learning program (eAPRIN)”, or by participating in the research ethics education course conducted

at his/her institution based on the “Guidelines for Responding to Misconduct in Research” (Adopted

August 26, 2014 by MEXT), prior to the formal application for grant delivery (or, in case the grant has

already been delivered, by the time the “application for approval of change for the Co-Investigator” is

submitted by the Principal Investigator to JSPS).

(c) The Co-Investigator has to understand thoroughly and confirm on what the researchers should consider,

in conducting of their researches, from amongst the contents of both the statement “Code of Conduct

for Scientists -Revised Version-” by the Science Council of Japan and the booklet “For the Sound

Development of Science -The Attitude of a Conscientious Scientist-” by JSPS, by the time of the

formal application for grant delivery of the concerned research project. (Or, by the time when the

“application for approval of change of the Co-Investigator” is to be submitted to JSPS by the Principal

Investigator, in case the official grant decision thereof has been already made.)

* Refer to the KAKENHI (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research) Electronic Application System Operation

Manual (URL: https://www-shinsei.jsps.go.jp/kaken/topkakenhi/shinsei_ka.html) for the detailed

information on the consent processes of the Co-Investigator such as operating environment, operating

method, and so on.

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* The Co-Investigator(s)-to-be who have applied for the Specially Promoted Research input “The Status of

Application and Acquisition of Research Grants” of their own in the course of the consent process. When

inputting the column above, refer to the “3. Application Information Input (The Status of Application and

Acquisition of Research Grants)” set forth in the Procedures for Preparing and Entering a Research

Proposal Document.

(3) Joint researchers other than Co-Investigators become “Research Collaborators”. Therefore, the applicant

does not have to enter them in the Project Members List of the proposed project in question. When the

applicant mentions about Research Collaborator in the Research Proposal Document, if necessary, the

applicant can mention them in a column where he/she explains the overall research plan, for example, in the

column “Research Plan and Methods”.

(4) In each column where (English) is written, the applicant should enter the respective items in English.

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Application Information (Items to be entered in the Website) (Screenshot)

[Specially Promoted Research] “Management of Research Proposal Document” screen

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Application Information (Items to be entered in the Website (First half)) (Screenshot)

[Specially Promoted Research] – (1) “Application Information Input” screen

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[Specially Promoted Research] – (2)

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[Specially Promoted Research] – (4) “List of Consent Status of the Co-Investigator” screen

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[Specially Promoted Research] – (5) “Registration of Co-Investigators' Consent/Dissent” screen

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II-2. Application Information (items to be entered in the Website) (Second half)

1. Application Information Input (Research facility/Existing equipment)

(1) “Research facility” column

The applicant should enter information about the main research laboratory or experimental laboratory he/she can

use for his/her research plan.

Moreover, if the applicant is using facilities for shared use in joint use with other research plans, he/she should

enter how many hours a week it is possible to use the facilities and other information in the remarks column. (2) “The existing equipment (main equipment and devices already installed)” column

List the machines and equipment currently available for the research project.

The applicant should enter how many hours a week it is possible to use the equipment and other information in the

remarks column. Also, enter the calendar year in year of installation.

2. Application Information Input (Research Expenditure and Their Necessity)

Details of research expenditure, their necessity and the basis of their estimation should be given for every fiscal

year in connection with the research scale, research system, etc. stated in the Research Proposal Document [form

S-1(2)] (forms to be uploaded) “Research Plan and Methods”.

Because the review committee also examines the optimum scale and amount of research, enter concretely,

specifically for the main item and expensive item. (For example, for expensive equipment costs, explain that the

applicant cannot utilize the existing equipment because its performance is necessary for research. For a large

amount of consumables expenses, write concrete usage, quantity and amount. Write the personnel and the amount

about the personnel cost/honoraria.)

Also, when the total amount of research expenditure exceeds 500 million yen, the necessity of that should be

clarified in “Reason for the Total Amount of Entries Exceeding 500 Million Yen” column.

Moreover, if any of the expenditure categories (equipment costs, travel expenses, or personnel cost/honoraria)

exceeds 90% of the total yearly expenditure in any FY of the research period, or if the expenditure in category

Consumables or Miscellaneous constitutes a significant portion of the total expenditure, the necessity of that

spending should be clarified (by showing the itemized breakdown, etc.).

Pay attention to “target expenditure (direct expense)” and “non-eligible expenditure” described below. Also, be

aware that research plan with research expenditure less than 100,000 yen in any fiscal year of the research period

will not be eligible for call for proposal.

“Target expenditure (direct expense)”

The expenditure necessary for the implementation of the research plan (including the budget necessary for

summarizing the research achievements) is eligible.

“Ineligible expenditure”

The following expenditures are not included in the funding:

① Expenditure for buildings and other facilities (excluding the expenditure for installations which became

necessary because of the introduction of goods that have been purchased by means of direct expense)

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② Expenditure for handling accidents or disasters that occurred during the implementation of funded

project

③ Personnel cost/Honoraria for the Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator(s)

④ Other expenditure which fall under indirect expense*

* Indirect expense is expenditure necessary for the management of the research institution and other

things that arise during the implementation of the research project (corresponding with 30% of the

amount of the direct expense). The expenditure is used by the research institution.

This time, it is scheduled to set up indirect expense for the research categories for which a call for

proposals is organized. However, the Principal Investigator does not need to state that indirect expense

in the Research Proposal Document.

Research expenditure and usage breakdown are automatically calculated from the details of each expense. Initial

display is for 5 years from FY2021 to FY2025, but when applying for more than 6 years of research period, by

pressing the “Add” button on the left side of the input screen, the breakdown column for the year to be added is

displayed. In addition, the “details of equipment costs” column and the “details of consumables expenses” column

for the year added are set up.

Also, for data entry fields that you do not use (if you have entered but do not use it or if you did not enter at all),

delete the data entry field by pressing the “Delete” button on the left side.

However, the fiscal year to be displayed cannot be less than 5 years (even if the research period is 3 to 4 years,

display will be 5 years).

Enter the amount of “Details of Equipment Costs” column and “Details of Consumables Expenses” column in

thousand yen units rounding off fractions smaller than one thousand yen. After completing all the details of each

expense, click the recalculate button.

Note the following points when entering details of each expense. However, the way to journalize each expense

should be handled in accordance with such as the accounting rules of the research institutions to which the applicant

belongs including but not limited to the following examples.

(1) “Details of the Equipment Costs” column

○ When purchasing equipment in the final year of the research period, enter the reasons that are particularly

necessary in the "Necessity" column of the relevant fiscal year.

○ When purchasing a large number of books and/or materials, input, to some extent, the contents of the books

and/or materials to clarify what they are, such as “the books related to the Western medieval political history”

(As for the books, the same way to journalize should be applied even if they were not handled as equipment.).

○ In the case of machinery and equipment, simply enter a set of XXX as well as its breakdown.

○ Enter concisely the calculation basis of the amount in the “list price/estimate” column (e.g. list price or price by

estimation, XX% of list price, etc.). To examine the adequacy of research expenditure, enter the price according

to the estimate, except in unavoidable cases.

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(2) “Details of the Consumables Expenses” column

○ For consumables expenses, enter for each product name such as chemicals, laboratory animals, glassware, etc.

○ For travel expenses, select appropriate one between “Domestic Travel Expenses” and “Overseas Travel

Expenses”. For Principal Investigator, Co-Investigator(s), and Research Collaborator(s) (data collection, various

investigations, meetings of research, announcement of results of research, etc.), enter the expenditures

(transportation fee, accommodation fee and daily allowance), etc. for each matter.

○ For personnel cost/honoraria, enter the expenditures for each matter such as honoraria, compensation, wages and

salaries to Research Collaborator(s) (postdoctoral researchers, research assistants (RA), researchers belonging to

overseas research institutions, and others) who engaged in organizing materials, assisting in experiments,

performing translation or proofreading, providing technical knowledge, distributing and collecting questionnaires

and collecting information materials for research), and payment to temporary staff agencies. In addition, enter the

status at the time of collaboration (such as project assistant professor, postdoctoral fellow, student in Doctoral

course/Master's course, etc.) of the people to whom the personnel cost or honoraria to be paid if it is obvious.

(Example) Organizing materials: [breakdown: X (number of students in Doctoral courses ) × Y (number of months)] =

XXXX yen (Refer to the Application Procedures for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research.)

○ For miscellaneous expenses, except for above mentioned expenditure, enter the expenditures to carry out the

research (e.g. the costs for printing, photocopying, developing/printing, correspondence (stamps and phone calls),

transport, renting or leasing the research facilities (only where the grant-aided project cannot be conducted in the

facilities of the research institution), meetings (rental of the venue and meals (excluding alcohol)), equipment

rental (e.g. computers, automobiles, experimental equipment), equipment repairs, transportation other than travel

expenses, presentation of the research achievements (fees for contributing to the publications of academic

societies, website creation, and preparation of pamphlets to publicize the research achievements, costs of PR

activities disseminating research achievements to the general public, and other matters), experiment waste

disposal cost, the cost of “buyout”, i.e. someone taking over a part of the duties (other than research) of the

Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator(s). (Refer to the Application Procedures for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific

Research)) item by item.

(3) “Reason for the Total Amount of Entries Exceeding 500 Million Yen” column

Explain in detail the reason why 500 million yen cannot be managed, and the necessity to make the total amount

more than 500 million yen, only when the total amount of entrance research expenses exceeds the maximum

application amount of 500 million yen.

(If the total amount of research expenditures is 500 million yen or less, you can not enter it.)

3. Application Information Input (The Status of Application and Acquisition of Research Grants)

The entries in this column will be referred to by the review committee in order to ensure that the grant status would

not constitute a case of “unreasonable duplication and/or excessive concentration in the grant allocation” so that the

proposed research project can be duly carried out in parallel with other projects. Therefore, it is strictly required

that all the relevant information on research grants be correctly entered.

Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator should input and confirm following information up to the time of current

application such as (1) research grant application(s) in the review process, (2) research grant(s) adopted and to be

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delivered, and (3) other activities.

In addition, as for the information on the Co-Investigator, the contents which have been inputted by the

Co-Investigator in the course of the consent process are displayed on the screen. Therefore the

Principal-Investigator should confirm the contents which the Co-Investigator has inputted and fill in the

column of the “total research expenditure for the whole research period” for the research project applied.

・This research project should be entered at the head of “(1) Research Grant Application(s) in the Review Process”.

・Not only KAKENHI but also other competitive research grants (including foreign ones) should be entered in “(1)

Research Grant Application(s) in the Review Process” and “(2) Research Grant(s) Adopted and to be Delivered”.

・There is no need to enter the fundamental research grants that are allocated so that research activities, etc. can carry

out as duties within the research institution to which the researcher belongs in “(1) Research Grant Application(s) in

the Review Process” or “(2) Research Grant(s) Adopted and to be Delivered”. The effort of the research activities

and so on that utilize such grants is included in “(3) Other Activities”. Moreover, the effort in the research project

supported by a KAKENHI in which the researcher participates as Research Collaborator is included in “(3) Other

Activities”.

・If the applicant participating in project research conducted according to the specific purpose (mission) of his/her

research institution, also enter the funded research grants. If the research grants funded to individuals are not clear,

fill in "I: Distinction of the research contents" to that effect.

・If the applicant is a Research Fellow for Young Scientists (SPD/PD/RPD/CPD) and plan to receive a Grant-in-Aid

for JSPS Fellows in FY2021, enter it in “(2) Research Grant(s) Adopted and to be Delivered”. Moreover, do not

enter the Grant-in-Aid that is paid monthly by JSPS (research implementation costs).

・As for the research proposal submission in the fiscal year previous to the final fiscal year of the

research period of an on-going research project, do not enter expected amounts of the said on-going research

project on which the new application is based in the “(2) Research Grant(s) Adopted and to be Delivered”.

○ “Role in this Project”

Select “PI” if the role of the researcher is a Principal Investigator or select “Co-I” if the role of the researcher is a

Co-Investigator.

○ “Funding Scheme, Grant Category (Funding Organization)”

In case of KAKENHI, select the research category. For cases other than KAKENHI, “Other” and enter the name of

the research grant and the name of the funding organization in the lower row.

○ “Research Period”

Enter the research period.

○ “Title of Proposed Research Project”

Enter the title of proposed research project.

○ “Name of Principal Investigator”

If the applicant selects “Co-I” in the column of Role in the Project, enter the name of the Principal Investigator (or

equivalent) of the research subject.

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○ “Research Expenditure for FY2021 (Research Expenditure for the whole period) (Unit: thousand yen)”

Enter the amount of direct expense of research expenditure to be received and used by him/herself in FY2021 (items

under application is the applied amount) in the upper row, and at the same time enter the total amount (planned

amount) to be used by him/herself during the whole period in the lower row.

If applicant select “Co-I” in the column of Role in the Project, enter the amount of allotment (planned amount) to be

received and used by him/herself in FY2021 in the upper row, and at the same time enter the total amount of

allotment (planned amount) to be used by him/herself during the whole period in the lower row. (Enter "0" if

contributions are not distributed in the respective column.)

○ “Effort Percentage in FY2021 (%)”

Based on 100% of the total working hours for “(1) Research Grant Application(s) in the Review Process”, (2)

Research Grant(s) Adopted and to be Delivered” and “(3) Other Activities” to be entered in this column, enter the

allocation rate (%) of the time required for conducting activities, etc. The “total working hours” does not mean time

spent only on research activities, but entire actual working time, including time spent on educational activities and

other activities.

In KAKENHI, enter “-” (hyphen) if the applicant enters the research category that can be applied in parallel with the

Specially Promoted Research but not to be adopted in addition to it.

In addition, when conducting research by the competitive research grants, be sure to enter the effort related to the

research activity. When the research project for which the current application is being made is selected, the applicant

will be requested to confirm the effort anew at that time and to perform the procedure of formal application for grant

delivery. If the effort is changed at that time, it is necessary to correct the effort in e-Rad before formal application

for grant delivery.

○ “Relationship between this KAKENHI application and the other projects”

The applicant should respectively describe the connection between the research grant application(s) in the review

process or adopted and to be delivered and the research project. State concretely and precisely the distinction of the

research contents in column “I”, the reason for submission of this KAKENHI application in addition to the other

projects in column “II.”

If the applicant is the Principal Investigator of KAKENHI, enter the total amount of direct expense for the whole

research period including the shared amount to the Co-Investigator(s) in the section “Sum Total”.

・ If the “Specially Promoted Research” is adopted (refer to Application Procedures for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific

Research)

The Principal Investigator of “Specially Promoted Research” should abolish the research projects of the categories

“Scientific Research on Innovative Areas” (Research in a Proposed Research Area/Publicly Offered Research),

“Scientific Research”, “Challenging Exploratory Research”, “Challenging Research (Pioneering/Exploratory)”,

“Early-Career Scientists” and “Research Activity Start-up” for which he/she has already been selected as a

Principal Investigator. Moreover, he/she cannot participate in research projects of other research categories as a

Co-Investigator.

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Moreover, he/she cannot implement and/or participate in the research as for the “Scientific Research on Innovative

Areas” (Research in a Proposed Research Area/Planned Research).

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Application Information (Items to be entered in the Website (Second half)) (Screenshot)

[Specially Promoted Research] – (1) “Research facility/Existing equipment” screen

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[Specially Promoted Research] – (2) “Research Expenditure and Their Necessity” screen

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[Specially Promoted Research] – (6) “The Status of Application and Acquisition of Research Grants” screen

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GRANT-IN-AID FOR SPECIALLY PROMOTED RESEARCH ( )

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(漢字等)

研究代表者氏名

所属研究機関

令和3(2021)年度特別推進研究　研究計画調書

XXXX XX年日月

- 1 -

部　局

職

(フリガナ)

研究課題名

（新規）

Consumables

年度設備備品費消耗品費謝金

研究経費（千円）

旅費その他

使用内訳（千円）

総計

令和3年度

令和4年度

令和5年度

令和6年度

令和7年度

FY2021

(in Roman Letters)

Institution

Academic Unit (School,

Position

Title of ProposedResearch Project

Fiscal YearExpenditure[U.S.$]

Breakdown [U.S.$]

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

Sum Total

PrincipalInvestigator (PI)

Equipment MiscellaneousTravelExpenses

Personnel

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Research

Faculty, etc.)

cost/Honoraria

at 1 Dollar = Yen

研究経費

千円未満の端数は切り捨てる

ResearchExpenditure

Converted to U.S.$

・人件費

令和8年度

2026

令和9年度

2027

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研究の要約Research Abstract

RESEARCH PROPOSAL DOCUMENT

Research

Costs Expenses Expenses

smaller than 1000 yen

Round off fractions

Name

令和

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研究組織（研究代表者及び研究分担者）

氏名（年齢）

所属研究機関

Academic Unit (School, Faculty, etc.)

職

学位

役割分担

00000000

研究経費エフォート(千円)

Effort

-2-

00000000

00000000

研究代表者

研究分担者

研究分担者

(00)

(00)

(00)

合計 00 名研究経費合計

令和3年度

Project Members List (Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-Investigator (Co-I))

Research Institution

部局

Position

PI

Co-I

Co-I

Name (Age)

Academic Degree

Role in this Project

Total Number of Members: Total Research Expenditure

FY2021(%)

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ResearchExpenditurefor[U.S.$]

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Specially Promoted Research 1-1-( )

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Abstract

(1) Background of the Research Project

(2) Research Objectives and Targeted Goals of Project

(3) Research Plan and Method

(4) Importance and Necessity of this Project and its Expected Impact on Broader Research Fields

(5) Research Achievements of the Applicant(s) Relevant to this Project

* Notes:

1. Read carefully the “Procedures for Preparing and Entering a Research Proposal Document”

when preparing the document.

2. All descriptions for this form should be written in English language.

3. The size used for characters should be 10-point or larger.

4. The title and instructions on the upper part of each page should be left intact.

5. Do not exceed the maximum number of pages specified in the instructions. In case blank page(s)

occur, leave them as they are (do not eliminate any page).

6. These notes written in italics should be deleted when filling this column.

Give descriptions of the following items within 4 pages. (Refer to relevant papers in the publication list as necessary.)

Form S-1 (1): Research Proposal Document (forms to be uploaded)

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Specially Promoted Research 1-2

CURRICULUM VITAE (CV)

1. PI

/ Co-I

Name

Date of Birth Age

Research Institution,

Academic Unit (School,

Faculty, etc.) & Position

Academic Degree

2. Roles in this Project

3. Research Career and Experience

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RECENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES I (Publications)

Name of PI or Co-I

The list should be within 1 page. 1. Put a plus (+) sign at the head of the publication related to this project. 2. If part of the author list is omitted, write the total number of authors (A) and your entry

number in the author list counted from the first author (B). (e.g. “(B)/ (A)”) 3. Mark PI with a double underline, and Co-I(s) with a single underline. 4. Put an asterisk (*) at the head of each corresponding author.

List the significant academic contributions (research papers, articles, books) and intellectual properties (patents). Achievement not directly related to this proposed project can be included. Begin with the most recent one. Do not include research papers under submission. Textbooks, abstracts for conferences and address summaries should not be included in this list either.

Title and Authors etc. (e.g., For research papers, list the title of the paper, authors, name of the journal, refereed or not, volume number, the first and last page numbers, year of publication)

Notes: 1. It is not necessary for above information to be listed in this order shown above, as long

as all information is included. 2. You need not list up all co-authors. The parts in italics should be deleted when filling this column.

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RECENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES II (Invited Lectures and Talks, Prizes, etc.)

Name of PI or Co-I

The list should be within 1 page. Put a plus (+) sign at the front of the item that is related to this project.

List the important lectures/talks (e.g., invited lecture at an international conference) and prizes. Name of Conference, Date and Place, Title of Lecture(s)/Talk(s), Name of Prizes. Begin with the most recent one. The parts in italics should be deleted when filling this column.

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Research Objectives, Background of the Research Project, etc. This Research Proposal Document will be reviewed in the Section “Category” of Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Engineering,

and Biological Sciences of the applicant’s choice. In filling this application form, refer to the Application Procedures for Grants-in-Aid for

Scientific Research-KAKENHI-.

In this column, research objectives, background of the research project, etc. should be described.

A succinct summary of the research proposal should be given at the beginning.

The main text should give descriptions, in concrete and clear terms, of

(1) Applicant’s research history leading to the conception of this research proposal based on applicant’s hitherto research activities,

(2) Scientific background for the proposed research, and the “key scientific question” comprising the core of the research plan,

(3) The purpose, scientific significance, and originality of the research project,

(4) What will be elucidated, and to what extent and how will it be pursued during the research period, and

(5) Domestic and overseas trends related to the proposed research and the positioning of this research in the relevant field.

[SUMMARY]

[MAIN TEXT]

* Note 1:

1. Proposals submitted to the research category Specially Promoted Research will be reviewed in

the Section “Categories” of Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Engineering, and

Biological Sciences. The proposal document should be prepared with consideration that it will

be reviewed from diverse viewpoints by a review committee consisting of reviewers with

different backgrounds.

* Note 2:



2. The document should be written with font size 10-point or larger.






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Significance as Specially Promoted Research This research category is intended to support outstanding and distinctive research that opens up new scientific fields.

In this column, the following points should be stated in concrete and clear terms.

- Expected research achievements, scientific significance and impact of this research in opening up new scientific fields

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Research Plan and Methods The applicant should provide details of the research plan and methods for achieving the objectives of the research. The following points should be

stated in concrete and clear terms. - Preparation status for the research plan: The description with an understandable manner should include a preparation status such as a data collection, analysis,

assessment and examination, a preliminary experiment to become a foundation, a design and manufacture of the experimental devices or facilities, a development of methods, and an organization of the project members including a participation of Research Collaborator(s), etc., which is assumed to be a precondition for the implementation of the proposed research project and also explain on the relations between the preparation status and the research plan.

- A concrete description of the role-sharing between the Principal Investigator (PI) and the Co-Investigator(s) (Co-I(s)), if the proposed research project involves Co-I(s)

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Applicant’s Ability to Conduct the Research and the Research Environment In this column, with a view to showing the feasibility of the research plan by the applicant (PI) (and Co-I(s), if any), descriptions of (1)

applicant’s hitherto research activities and the details of the achievements, and (2) research environments including research facilities and equipment, research materials, etc. relevant to the conduct of the proposed research should be given. In addition, the description of (1) above must include funded researches in the past and achievements obtained from them, etc. but if appropriate, it can include items not directly related to the proposed project. Moreover if there were some absence periods from research activities, an explanation, etc. about them may be provided in the description of (1) above.

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特別推進研究２－５－（　）研究施設・現有設備

研究機関設　備　名仕様（形式・性能）専用・共用

設置年度備考の別

研究機関施　設　名　（面積）専用・共用

備考の別

研　究　施　設

現　有　設　備（既設の主要機器）

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令和3年度：必要性

単価品名・仕様主として使用する

研究者及び設置機関名数量金額定価/

見積の別希望購入

順位予定購入

年月

計

研究経費とその必要性

設備備品費の明細

（金額単位：千円）

特別推進研究２－６－（　）

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順位予定購入

年月

計




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順位予定購入

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順位予定購入

年月

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年金額


事項金額事項金額事項金額事項

その他人件費・謝金旅費消耗品費

必　要　性

度

計

令　和　　　年　度

3

消耗品費等の明細

特別推進研究２－７－（　）

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必　要　性

度

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応募総額が５億円を超える理由特別推進研究２－８

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(千円)

の研究経費(期間全体の額)

令和3年度研究課題名（研究代表者氏名）

（１）応募中の研究費

本応募研究課題と当該研究課題の関係

（科研費の研究代表者である場合は研究期間全体の受入額）

研究者氏名

Ⅰ：研究内容の相違点

(千円)

Ⅰ

Ⅱ

(千円)

Ⅰ

Ⅱ

資金制度・研究費名

特別推進研究２－９－（　）

配分機関等名）（研究期間・

研究費の応募・受入等の状況

割役

エフォ－ト（％）

令和3年度

Ⅱ：当該研究課題に加えて本応募研究課題に応募する理由

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(千円)


令和3年度研究課題名（研究代表者氏名）

（２）受入予定の研究費本応募研究課題と当該研究課題の関係

「挑戦的萌芽研究」、「若手研究」）を取りやめて本研究を行う理由

Ⅰ：研究内容の相違点Ⅱ：当該研究課題に加えて本応募研究課題に応募する理由

Ⅰ

Ⅱ

Ⅲ

(千円)

Ⅰ

Ⅱ

Ⅲ

Ⅲ：現在遂行中の研究（「新学術領域研究」、「基盤研究」、「挑戦的研究」

（３）その他の活動

合　　　　　計（％）

特別推進研究２－９－（　）

資金制度・研究費名

配分機関等名）（研究期間・

割役


令和3年度

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Issues Relevant to Human Right Protection and Legal Compliance (cf. Application Procedures for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research)

In case the proposed research involves such issues that require obtaining consent and/or cooperation of the third party, consideration in handling of personal information, or actions related bioethics and/or biosafety (including the laws and regulations and the guidelines in the country/region(s) where the joint international research is to be conducted), the planned measures and actions for these issues should be stated within 1 page.

This applies to research activities that would require approval by an internal or external ethical jury, such as research involving questionnaire surveys, interviews and/or behavior surveys (including personal histories and images) including personal information, handling of donated specimens, human genome analysis, recombinant DNA, and experimentation with animals.

If the proposed research does not fall under such categories, enter “N/A (not applicable)”.


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Items to be Entered When New Application is Made in the Fiscal Year Previous to the Final Year of the Research Period of an On-Going KAKENHI Project

(For an application that comes under this category, this column is a mandatory entry. (cf. Application Procedures for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research)) In this column, the applicant should give within 1 page: (1) the relevant information on the on-going project (for which FY2021 is the final year of the research

period) including the original plan at the time of application/adoption and the research accomplishment such as new knowledge acquired, and (2) the reason why he/she is submitting this new proposal for FY2021 on top of the on-going project (in terms of the development of the on-going research, necessity of new research budget, etc.). If not applicable, leave this page blank. (Do not eliminate the page.)

Research Category Project Number Title of the Research Project Research

Period

FY___ to FY2021

The original plan at the time of application/adoption and the research accomplishment of the on-going project.

The reason for submission of this new proposal.

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Reason(s) Why Comments by an Overseas Researcher is not Appropriate As a rule, review comments from overseas researchers are solicited for a proposal submitted to the category of Specially Promoted

Research. However, if the applicant considers that his/her proposal document should not be sent to overseas researchers for some reason, he/she can select “Not Appropriate” for the entry “Appropriateness of Comments by Overseas Researchers” (one of the web entry items). In that case, the applicant should give the reason of the choice. The appropriateness of the reason of the choice will be judged by the Scientific Research Grant Committee.

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FY2021 Procedures for Preparing and Entering a Research Proposal Document for “Scientific Research (S)” (New Proposal)

Applicants for the KAKENHI should fill in this Research Proposal Document, giving details of the

research project based on the Application Procedures, and submit it to the Independent

Administrative Legal Entity Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (hereinafter referred to as

JSPS) prior to application. This Research Proposal Document is used as a review material at the

JSPS Scientific Research Grant Committee.


When the application is adopted as a result of the review at the Scientific Research Grant Committee,

a notice concerning the provisional grant decision will be issued. By the form of the formal

application for grant delivery, the submission based on the notice will be done. The KAKENHI will

be disbursed if the research plan, etc. are acknowledged as appropriate.

Items to be noted

* This Procedures for Preparing and Entering is to be used to prepare Research Proposal

Document for “Scientific Research (S)” reviewed by the “Broad Section” as “New

Application” (including an application for a grant for the fiscal year before the final fiscal

year of a research plan)”.

* When preparing the Research Proposal Document, the Principal Investigator should make

the preparations with responsibility, in accordance with the rules set forth in the

Application Procedures.

* Characters and symbols in 11-point font size or larger (10-point or larger in English)

should be used, considering a large number of application forms for research project will

be reviewed.

* Make sure that the title of each column is at the top of the page. Also, do not exceed the

number of pages specified for each item. As a result of filling according to the instructions

of each item, blank pages may be generated but in that case, do not delete them.

* The sentences in italics on the form should be deleted but do not delete other instructions

and boxes.


* Before submitting, be sure to check whether the contents of the Research Proposal

Document converted to the PDF file are complete (missing characters, charts, garbled

characters, etc.).

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I. Research Proposal Document (items to be entered in the website)

The following items are “to be entered in the website” of the “Research Proposal Document”.

When preparing their applications, Principal Investigators should access the JSPS Electronic

Application System for Projects Funded by KAKENHI (hereinafter referred to as “Electronic

Application System”) using their ID and password for the “Cross-Ministerial Research and

Development Management System (e-Rad)”, which has been provided by the research institution

to which they belong, and directly enter their data.

The items to be entered in the website constitute the first part (“Broad Section desired the

review”, “Name of Principal Investigator (PI)”, etc.) and the second part (“Research

Expenditures and Their Necessity (Main existing equipment, Details of research expenditure and

their necessity)”, “The Status of Application and Acquisition of Research Grants”) of the

Research Proposal Document (PDF file) that is prepared using the Electronic Application

System.

For procedures for entering items to be entered in the website, refer to the “FY2021 Procedures

for Preparing and Entering a Research Proposal Document” (items to be entered in the website)

(“Scientific Research (S)”).

○ Items to be entered in the Website (First half)

“Research Project Information”

・ New Proposal or Continued

・ With or without Application for a Grant for the Fiscal Year before the Final Fiscal Year of a

Research Plan

・ Broad Section Desired the Review

・ Firstly related to Medium-sized Section/Firstly related to Basic Section/Secondly related to

Basic Section

・ Name of the Principal Investigator

・ Position, Academic Unit (School, Faculty, etc.), and Research Institution

・ Title of the Research Project

・ Research Abstract

・ Researchers whom the applicant wishes to avoid as persons in charge of the writing of the

review comments (optional)

・ Request for Disclosure

・ Contact information of the Principal Investigator

・ Project Members

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○ Items to be entered in the Website (Second half)

“Main Existing Equipment”

・ Main Existing Equipment

“Details of Research Expenditure and Their Necessity”

・ Details of Equipment Costs and Their Necessity

・ Details of Consumables Expenses and Their Necessity

“The Status of Application and Acquisition of Research Grants”

・ The Status of Application and Acquisition of Research Grants

II. Research Proposal Document (forms to be uploaded)

The following items are contents on the “Research Proposal Document (forms to be uploaded)”.

They constitute the intermediate part of the Research Proposal Document (PDF file).

The Principal Investigator should download the “Research Proposal Document (forms to be

uploaded)” from the JSPS website for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, and fill it in. He/She

should then access the “Electronic Application System”, and upload the filled-in file to the

“Electronic Application System”. (Files above 5 MB cannot be uploaded.)

When preparing the Overall Research Plan, the instructions given below and the instructions

given in each column should be observed. The margin of style is set with upper 20 mm, lower 20

mm, left 25 mm, and right 25 mm. Do not change the setting margins because there is a risk of

missing characters etc. when preparing the review material.

(1) “Research Objectives, Research Method etc.” column

In this column, the description should be given what kind of research you plan and its summary

in this proposal in accordance with the instruction specified in the Research Proposal Document

to be submitted this time so that the overall structure can be clarified. The summary should be

given with approximately 10 lines of paragraph.

(2) “Research Development Leading to Conception of the Present Research Proposal, etc.”

column

In this column, the description should be given the characteristics of the research in accordance

with the instruction specified in the Research Proposal Document so that the review committee

will better understand the research proposal to be submitted this time.

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Enter in accordance with the instruction specified in the Research Proposal Document. If the

proposed research does not fall under such categories, enter “N/A (not applicable)”.

(4) “Items to be Entered When New Application is Made in the Fiscal Year Previous to the

Final Year of the Research Period of an On-Going KAKENHI Project” column

If applicant is newly applying as “New Application is Made in the Fiscal Year Previous to the

Final Year of the Research Period of an On-Going KAKENHI Project” (cf. Application

Procedures for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research), enter the each item with approximately 10

lines of paragraph in accordance with the instruction specified in the Research Proposal

Document. If not, submit this form leaving the column blank without any deletion.

(5) “Proposal of the Researcher Conducting Scientific Research (S) for FY2021” column

Prepare it for each Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-Investigator(s) (Co-I(s)) who entered in the

research organization and fill out according to the instructions described in the Research Proposal

Document.

The description for the “(1) PI’s or Co-I(s)’s, if any, hitherto research activities” should be

focused on the research activities relevant to the submitted research plan to show the feasibility

of the research plan.

The description in this column is to explain the feasibility of the research plan. On citing research

achievements (research papers, books, patents, invited talks, etc.) they should be given not as an

exhaustive list but as supporting evidence to prove the applicant’s ability to conduct the proposed

research.

Sufficient information should be given so that the reviewers can identify the research

achievements. In the case of a research paper, for example, the relevant bibliographic information,

including the title of the paper, the author(s), the title and the volume of the journal, the

publication year, and the pages of the article should be given.

The research papers that can be cited are only those already published or accepted for

publication.

In case that the applicants have periods during which the researches were suspended due to

acquisition of maternity leave, childcare leave, care leave and so on, they may choose to write

about it in this column.

In addition, preparing for the Proposal of the Researcher, your special attention is requested since

the using forms are different between the Principle Investigator and the Co-Investigator. In case

the whole project members consists of a sole PI, the Proposal of the Researcher for the Co-I is

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not required but submit this form leaving the page and column blank without any deletion.

“Proposal of the Researcher (PI)”

・The Principal Investigators are requested to prepare the Proposal of the Researcher by filling in

both the “Scientific Research (S) 9-(1)” and the “Scientific Research (S) 9-(2) for the Proposal

of the Researcher (PI)”.

・When preparing for the Proposal of the Researcher (PI), the following descriptions are requested

according to the instructions described in the “Proposal of the Researcher (PI)”; “(1) PI’s

hitherto research activities”, “(2) PI’s research environments”, and “(3) research environments

surrounding whole project members”.

・In case the whole project members consists of a sole PI, no need to write in the (3) research

environments surrounding whole project members.

“Proposal of the Researcher (Co-I)”

・In case the Co-Investigators are involved in the research members, the Proposal of the

Researcher should be prepared by filling in the “Scientific Research (S) 9-(3)” for the

“Proposal of the Researcher (Co-I)” for each Co-I.

・In the case of the plural Co-Is are involved in the research members, making copies of the

“Scientific Research (S) 9-(3)” for the “Proposal of the Researcher (Co-I)”as original, the

Proposal of the Researcher should be prepared in this way for the first Co-I using “Scientific

Research (S) 9-(3)”, for the second Co-I using “Scientific Research (S) 9-(4)”and so on.

・When preparing for the Proposal of the Researcher (Co-I), the following descriptions are

requested according to the instructions described in the “Proposal of the Researcher (Co-I)”;

“(1) Co-I’s hitherto research activities” and “(2) Co-I’s research environments”.

・In case the whole project member consists of a sole PI, the Proposal of the Researcher (Co-I) is

not required but the “Scientific Research (S) 9-(3)” for the “Proposal of the Researcher (Co-I)”

should be submitted leaving the column blank without any deletion.

* When entering in the column of “Main Existing Equipment”, “Details of Equipment Costs”,

“Details of Consumables Expenses” and “The Status of Application and Acquisition of Research

Grants”, refer to the “FY2021 Procedures for Preparing and Entering a Research Proposal

Document (items to be entered in the website) (“Scientific Research (S)”)”.

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総計

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千円未満の端数は切り捨てる

令和3年度

令和4年度

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令和7年度

開示希望の有無審査結果の開示を希望する

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人件費謝金・

研究の要約

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氏名（年齢）所属研究機関

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Scientific Research (S) 1

1. Research Objectives, Research Method, etc. This research proposal will be reviewed in the Broad Section of the applicant’s choice. In filling this application form, refer to the

Application Procedures for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research -KAKENHI-. In this column, research objectives, research method, etc. should be described within 5 pages. A succinct summary of the research proposal should be given at the beginning. The main text should give descriptions, in concrete and clear terms, of (1) scientific background for the proposed research, and the “key

scientific question” comprising the core of the research plan, (2) the purpose, scientific significance, and originality of the research project, and (3) what will be elucidated, and to what extent and how will it be pursued during the research period.

If the proposed research project involves Co-Investigator(s) (Co-I(s)), a concrete description of the role-sharing between the Principal Investigator (PI) and the Co-I(s) should be given. If the applicant submits another research proposal to the research category Scientific Research (A), the difference between the two proposals must be clearly described.

[SUMMARY]

[MAIN TEXT]

* Note 1:

1. Proposals submitted to the research category Scientific Research (S) will be reviewed in the

pertaining Broad Section of the Review Section Table. The proposal document should be

prepared with consideration that it will be reviewed from diverse viewpoints by a review

committee consisting of reviewers with different backgrounds.

* Note 2:








Form S-11: Research Proposal Document (forms to be uploaded)

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Scientific Research (S) 2 [1. Research Objectives, Research Method, etc. (continued from the previous page)]

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2. Research Development Leading to Conception of the Present Research Proposal, etc. In this column, descriptions should be given within 1 page, of (1) applicant’s research history leading to the conception of this research

proposal and its preparation status, and (2) domestic and overseas trends related to the proposed research and the positioning of this research in the relevant field.

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3. Issues Relevant to Human Right Protection and Legal Compliance (cf. Application Procedures for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research)




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4. Items to be Entered When New Application is Made in the Fiscal Year Previous to the Final Year of the Research Period of an On-Going KAKENHI Project




Period

FY___ to FY2021



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Scientific Research (S) 9-(1)

[Proposal of the Researcher Conducting Scientific Research (S) for FY2021 (PI)]

(1) PI’s hitherto research activities

* Note:

1. The description in this column is to explain the feasibility of the research plan. On citing

research achievements (research papers, books, patents, invited talks, etc.) they should be given

not as an exhaustive list but as supporting evidence to prove the applicant’s ability to conduct

the proposed research.

2. Sufficient information should be given so that the reviewers can identify the research

achievements.

In the case of a research paper, for example, the relevant bibliographic information, including

the title of the paper, the author(s), the title and the volume of the journal, the publication year,

and the pages of the article should be given.

3. The research papers that can be cited are only those already published or accepted for

publication.


(2) PI’s research environments

(3) Research environments surrounding whole project members

* In case the whole project members consists of a sole PI, no need to write in the (3) Research

environments surrounding whole project members.

Researcher (PI)

Name Date of Birth (age)

( years old)

Institution, Academic Unit,

Position Academic

Degree

Ability to Conduct the Research and the Research Environment In this column, descriptions of (1) PI’s hitherto research activities, (2) PI’s research environments including research facilities and

equipment, research materials, etc. relevant to the conduct of the proposed research, and (3) research environments mentioned in the (2) above surrounding whole project members should be given within 2 pages to show the feasibility of the research plan by the applicant.

If the PI has taken leave of absence from research activity for some period (e.g. due to maternity and/or child-care), he/she may choose to write about it in “(1) PI’s hitherto research activities”.

To be filled in and attached to the Research Proposal Document for each Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-Investigator(s) (Co-I(s))

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Scientific Research (S) 9-(2) [Proposal of the Researcher (PI) (continued from the previous page)]

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Scientific Research (S) 9-(3)

[Proposal of the Researcher Conducting Scientific Research (S) for FY2021 (Co-I)]

(1) Co-I’s hitherto research activities

* Note:






achievements.





publication.


(2) Co-I’s research environments

Researcher (Co-I)

Name Date of Birth (age)

( years old)

Institution, Academic Unit,

Position Academic

Degree

Ability to Conduct the Research and the Research Environment In this column, descriptions of (1) Co-I’s hitherto research activities, and (2) Co-I’s research environments including research facilities and

equipment, research materials, etc. relevant to the conduct of the proposed research should be given within 1 page to show the feasibility of the research plan by the applicant.

If the applicant has taken leave of absence from research activity for some period (e.g. due to maternity and/or child-care), he/she may choose to write about it in “(1) Co-I’s hitherto research activities”.

To be filled in and attached to the Research Proposal Document for each Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-Investigator(s) (Co-I(s))

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主な現有設備基盤研究（Ｓ）１０－（　）

研究機関設　備　名仕様（形式・性能）専用・共用

設置年度備考の別


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設備備品費の必要性

単価


年度品名・仕様

主として使用する研究者及び設置機関名

数量金額購入予定

時期

令和3年度

令和4年度

令和5年度

令和6年度

令和7年度

総　計

設備備品費消耗品費旅費人件費・謝金その他研究経費

使用内訳



基盤研究（Ｓ）１１－（　）

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年度金額


事項

消耗品費、旅費、人件費・謝金、その他の必要性

金額事項金額事項金額事項

その他の明細人件費・謝金の明細旅費の明細消耗品費の明細

基盤研究（Ｓ）１２－（　）

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基盤研究（Ｓ）１３－（　）

資金制度・研究

割の研究経費

(期間全体の額)

令和3年度


研究内容の相違点及び他の研究費に加えて

（科研費の研究代表者の場合は、研究期間全体の受入額）

本応募研究課題に応募する理由エフォ－ト（％）

研究者氏名

費名（研究期間

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・配分機関等名）（研究代表者氏名）研究課題名

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(千円)

研究課題名（研究代表者氏名）

（２）受入予定の研究費

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合　　　　　計（％）

資金制度・研究費名（研究期間・配分機関等名）


令和3年度研究内容の相違点及び他の研究費に加えて


本応募研究課題に応募する理由

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FY2021 Procedures for Preparing and Entering a Research Proposal Document (items to be entered in the Website)

(Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S))

The confirmation of the content of the application and the preparation of the review material is based on the

“Research Proposal Document”, which constitutes one part of the application documents. Consequently, it is

possible that the information entered in the website will have an influence on the results of the review, or it is

possible that the research project will not be accepted for review, because of the content entered. Therefore, the

applicant should prepare the Research Proposal Document with care.

Also, a part of content entered (title of Proposed Research Project, information of project member, effort, etc.) will


Please select “application information input” of Scientific Research (S) from the “List of Research Categories.

The “Management of Research Proposal Document” screen will be displayed. Next, please select “application

information input” in the entered application information (“Research Project Information”, “Main Existing

Equipment”, “Details of Research Expenditure and Their Necessity”, “The Status of Application and Acquisition

of Research Grants”). The respective input screen will be displayed. On the screen of each input, if the “Japanese

▶ English” button at the upper left of the screen is clicked, then the explanations are translated into English.

“Research Project Information” input screen

1. New proposal or continued

The applicant should select the appropriate item from among “New Proposal”.

If he/she selects “continued”, this is limited to research projects that fall under the category “research projects

in which significant changes are made”. Applicant should consult in advance with the Research Aid Division I

of the Research Program Department, in order to know whether the change the applicant wants to make falls

under this category.

2. Research proposal submission in the fiscal year previous to the final fiscal year of the research period of

an on-going research project

The applicant should select the appropriate item from among “Not Making Application” and “Making

Application”.

Moreover, if the applicant selects “Making Application”, it is limited to research projects that fall under

“Research proposal submission in the fiscal year previous to the final fiscal year of the research period of an

on-going research project” (Refer to the Application Procedures for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research). If

he/she makes an application under the category “Research proposal submission in the fiscal year previous to the

final fiscal year of the research period of an on-going research project”, he/she should enter the project number

of the Grant-in-Aid (continued) of which FY2021 is the final fiscal year. Moreover, he/she should be sure to fill

in the necessary information in the column “items to be filled in when making research proposal submission in

the fiscal year previous to the final fiscal year of the research period of an on-going research project” of the

Research Proposal Document (forms to be uploaded) he/she is preparing.

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3. Section Desired the Review

In “Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research-KAKENHI-, Review Section Table” (hereinafter referred to as

“Review Section Table”), please select a Broad Section (A-K) which you wish to be reviewed.

4. Firstly related to Medium-sized Section/Firstly related to Basic Section/Secondly related to Basic Section

(This content is not converted to the PDF file.)

Please select one Medium-sized Section (01-64, 90) firstly related to the research project from the Review

Section Table.

Next, please select one Basic Section (01010-90150) firstly related to the research project from the Review

Section Table. Also, for Basic Section, it is possible to select optionally one more section as secondly related to

Basic Section.




error, please temporarily save the input data, then contact the secretariat of your research institution and follow

the instructions.

6. Research Institution, Academic Unit (School, Faculty, etc.) and Position of the Principal Investigator


Principal Investigator should verify whether the information on his/her professional affiliation has been

displayed correctly at the time he/she is preparing the Research Proposal Document. If there is an error, please

temporarily save the input data, then contact the secretariat of your research institution and follow the

instructions.


In the column “Title of Proposed Research Project”, the applicant should enter a title for the proposed research

project in a manner that the title specifically expresses the content of the research until the time of the

completion of the research period. (The applicant should avoid general or abstract expressions.)






formulas and mathematical formulas as much as possible. (Display example Ca2+ → input as Ｃａ２＋

(counts as 4 characters))

As a general rule, changes in the title of the research project will not be accepted.

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The applicant should enter the purpose of the research project, and the methods and other matters to achieve

the purpose of the research in a clear manner. It is possible to enter these in Japanese or in English.

Furthermore, it is noted that the review is to be conducted from diverse viewpoints by a review committee

consisting of reviewers with different backgrounds.

It is possible to enter up to 1000 bytes. (Double-byte characters are counted as 2 bytes and single-byte


9. Researchers whom the applicant wishes to avoid as persons in charge of the writing of the review

comments (This content is not converted to the PDF file.)

If there are researchers whom the applicant judges that they are not appropriate persons in charge of the writing

of the review comments, because they are in a competitive or antagonistic position, or because of other reasons,

the applicant should enter about it in the section of the “Researchers whom the applicant wishes to avoid as

persons in charge of the writing of the review comments” (optional and up to three persons for each section).

10. Request for disclosure

The applicant should select the appropriate item from among “I request to be informed of comments from the

reviewers: Yes” or “I request to be informed of comments from the reviewers: No”, for the results

(“approximate ranking per the Broad Section” and “opinions expressed in the review results”) of the review, in

case his/her proposed project is not selected.

* “Disclosure” of the review results will be made only to the applicant through the electronic application

system (Except for the applicant, the results cannot be viewed by anyone including the person(s) belong to

the research institution.).

11. Contact Information of the Principal Investigator (This content is not converted to the PDF file.)

In the “Contact Information of the Principal Investigator” column, please enter information of in case that

direct contact of the Principal Investigator is required (for example, the work address is not the location of the

head office but the campus where the Principal Investigator (PI) actually works.).


Concerning the planned research of “Scientific Research (S)” as the occasion demands, it is possible to involve

the “Co-Investigator”, and the “Research Collaborator” in the research. For the definitions of “Principal

Investigator”, “Co-Investigator”, “Research Collaborator”, please refer to the Application Procedures for

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research.

In addition, the applicant should fill in the column “Project Members List” while keeping in mind the

following points.



・In the column “Researcher Number”, “Name (Pronunciation in katakana ; Kanji etc)”, “Age (as of

April 1, 2021)”, and “Research Institution, Academic Unit (School, Faculty, etc.), Position” of the

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Principal Investigator, the information on the Principal Investigator which has been registered in e-Rad will

be automatically displayed. Principal Investigator should verify whether the information has been displayed

correctly.

・In the column “Academic Degree”, Principal Investigator should fill in his/her academic degree.

・In the column “Role in This Project”, the Principal Investigator should fill in, how the Principal

Investigator and the Co-Investigator(s) will cooperate to carry out the research, in a way that clarifies the

respective connections between the researchers, and highlighting the allotment of research tasks in the

research implementation plan FY2021. Principal Investigator should also enter those information of

Co-Investigator.

・In the column “Research Expenditure for FY2021”, the share of the grant to the Principal Investigator

and the Co-Investigator(s) should be entered in units of thousand yen, based on the research plan. Principal

Investigator should also enter those information of Co-Investigator.

The total amount of all the shares of the grant to each researcher should correspond to “Research

Expenditure for FY2021 (Thousand Yen)” displayed in the screen. If it does not correspond, “error” is

displayed on the confirmation screen after entering.


between 1 and 100), assuming that the research project for which the current application is being made

would be adopted.

When determining the time allocation rate, the Principal Investigator should determine it keeping in mind

the definition of “effort” by the Council for Science and Technology Policy. This definition is “the

percentage of time allocation (%) necessary for the implementation of the research in question, if the entire

yearly working time of the researcher is set at 100%”. Moreover, the “entire working time” does not mean

time spent only on research activities, but entire actual working time, including time spent on educational

activities and other activities.

Moreover, when the research project for which the current application is being made is adopted, the

Principal Investigator will be requested to confirm the effort anew at that time and to perform the procedure

of formal application for grant delivery. If the effort is changed at that time, it is necessary to correct the

effort in e-Rad before formal application for grant delivery.



“Add” on the left side of the entry screen one time for every member of the project, the edit box in which

the data need to be entered is displayed.

The Principal Investigator should delete edit boxes for data entry that are not being used (when he/she

entered data but finally does not use them, or when he/she did not enter data at all), by pressing the button

“Delete” on the left side.





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entered.


・In the column “Researcher Number”, “Name (Pronunciation in katakana; Kanji, etc)”, “Age (as of

April 1, 2021)”, and “Research Institution, Academic Unit (School, Faculty, etc.), Position” of the

Co-Investigator, enter the researcher number of the Co-Investigator and click on the [Search] button,

his/her information will be displayed, and click [OK] button.

Since the Co-Investigator may belong to more than one research institution, please ask the Co-Investigator

at first to confirm which affiliation he/she wishes to list for the application.



・In the columns “Role in This Project” and “Research Expenditure for FY2021”, the Principal

Investigator should enter the contents. (Please refer to the column “(1) Project Members Input (Principal

Investigator)” for the entry method).





save it temporarily. The researcher registered in the field is provisionally requested to participate in the

research project as a Co-Investigator. Check the checkbox again to confirm that you want to request

him/her to participate in the research project.

(In addition, please contact him/her that you had made the Co-Investigator request on the system.)




・You cannot request the researcher to become a Co-Investigator whose status of consent is “Dissented by the

Co-Investigator” or “Dissented by the Institution”. Press [Delete] button on the left hand side of that

column and delete the frame into which the data is being entered.

・When you request the researchers to become a Co-Investigator, your official request should be made based

on the high probability in obtaining the consent from the Co-Investigator-to-be after surely

confirming the following items with the researchers.



② As well as the Co-Investigator understand and comply with both the KAKENHI supplementary

conditions (funding conditions) and the terms stipulated in the (a), (b) and (c) below, and to receive a

share of KAKENHI from the Principal Investigator and use it properly.

(a) The Co-Investigator has to recognize that citizens have placed trust in scientific research and that

KAKENHI are funded with their tax, and you therefore have to use KAKENHI in a proper and

efficient way and refrain from committing research misconduct during my research.

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(b) The Co-Investigator has to fulfil the requirement for the research ethics education coursework

either by reading a textbook such as “For the Sound Development of Science - The Attitude of a

Conscientious Scientist –“ (“For the Sound Development of Science” Editorial Committee on

JSPS), by taking an e-Learning course such as the “e-Learning Course on Research Ethics [eL

CoRE] or “APRIN e-learning program (eAPRIN)”, or by participating in the research ethics

education course conducted at his/her institution based on the “Guidelines for Responding to

Misconduct in Research” (Adopted August 26, 2014 by the MEXT), prior to the formal

application for grant delivery (or, in case the grant has already been delivered, by the time the

“application for approval of change for the Co-Investigator” is submitted by the Principal

Investigator to JSPS).

(c) The Co-Investigator has to understand thoroughly and confirm on what the researchers should

consider, in conducting of their researches, from amongst the contents of both the statement “Code

of Conduct for Scientists -Revised Version-” by the Science Council of Japan and the booklet “For

the Sound Development of Science -The Attitude of a Conscientious Scientist-” by the JSPS, by

the time of the formal application for grant delivery of the concerned research project. (Or, by the

time when the “application for approval of change of the Co-Investigator” is to be submitted to the

JSPS by the Principal Investigator, in case the official grant decision thereof has been already

made.)

* Refer to the KAKENHI (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research) Electronic Application System

Operation Manual (URL: https://www-shinsei.jsps.go.jp/kaken/topkakenhi/shinsei_ka.html) for the

detailed information on the consent processes of the Co-Investigator such as operating environment,

operating method, and so on.

* The Co-Investigator(s)-to-be who have applied for the Scientific Research (S) input “The Status of

Application and Acquisition of Research Grants” of their own in the course of the consent process.

When inputting the column above, refer to the “1) The Status of Application and Acquisition of

Research Grants” under “The Status of Application and Acquisition of Research Grants” input

screen set forth in the Procedures for Preparing and Entering a Research Proposal Document.

(3) Joint researchers other than Co-Investigators are called “Research Collaborators”. Therefore, the

applicant does not have to enter them in the Project Members List of the proposed project in question.

When the applicant mention about Research Collaborator in the Research Proposal Document, if necessary,

the applicant can mention them in a column where he/she explains the overall research plan, for example,

in the column “Research Objectives, Research Method, etc.”.

“Main Existing Equipment” input screen

1. Main Existing Equipment

In this column, please input the existing equipment that can be used for this research project based on the

Research Proposal Document (forms to be uploaded) about “Main Existing Equipment”.

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In addition, in case of communal use equipment or communal use with other research project, please enter the

availability time per week and other explanation in the remarks. Also, please enter the calendar year in year of

installation.

“Details of Research Expenditure and Their Necessity” input screen

1. Details of Research Expenditure and Their Necessity

In this column, please input the details of each expense required for this research proposal based on the

Research Proposal Document (forms to be uploaded) about “Details of Research Expenditure and Their

Necessity”.

In that case, please pay attention to “target expenditure (direct expense)” and “non-eligible expenditure”

described below. Also, please be aware that research plan with research expenditure less than 100,000 yen in

any year of the research period will not be eligible for call for proposal.






① Expenditure for buildings and other facilities (excluding the expenditure for installations which

became necessary because of the introduction of goods that have been purchased by means of direct

expense)

② Expenditure for handling accidents or disasters that occurred during the implementation of funded

project



* Indirect expense is expenditure necessary for the management of the research institution and other

things that arise during the implementation of the research project (corresponding with 30% of the

amount of the direct expense).

The expenditure is used by the research institution. This time, it is scheduled to set up indirect

expense for the research categories for which a call for proposals is organized. However, the

Principal Investigator does not need to state that indirect expense in the Research Proposal

Document.

Research expenditure and usage breakdown are automatically calculated from the details of each expense. In

the detail column of each expenditure, the data input column is displayed by pressing the “Add” button

necessary times on the left side of the input screen. For data entry fields that you do not use (if you have entered

but do not use it or if you did not enter at all), please delete the data entry field by pressing the “Delete” button

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on the left side. Please enter the amount in thousand yen units rounding off fractions smaller than one thousand

yen. After completing the input of all the details of each expense, please click the recalculate button.

Please note the following points when entering details of each expense. However, the way to journalize each

expense should be handled in accordance with such as the accounting rules of the research institutions to which

you belong including but not limited to the following examples.

○ Equipment Costs

When purchasing a large number of books and/or materials, please input, to some extent, the contents of the

books and/or materials to clarify what they are, such as “the books related to the Western medieval political

history” (As for the books, the same way to journalize should be applied even if they were not handled as

equipment.). Also, in the case of the machinery and equipment, not only enter simply with a set of something

but also with its breakdown.

○ Necessity of Equipment Costs

Please enter the necessity and breakdown of the equipment costs you have inputted. For major items and

expensive items, please input their reasons that their performance is necessary for research and why the existing

equipment cannot be utilized. In any fiscal year of this research period, if the “equipment costs” exceeds 90%

of the total research expenditure in any FY of the period, you must enter the necessity of the expenditure to

carry out the research and its breakdown. In addition, in such cases as equipment were purchased by the

combined use from the grants, enter into the column of unit price the amount using for this concerned research

project together with mentioning to the effect that this is the combined use.

○ Consumables Expenses

Please enter for each product name such as chemicals, laboratory animals, glassware, etc.

○Travel Expenses

As for the domestic and overseas travel expenses for Principal Investigator, Co-Investigator(s), and Research

Collaborators (data collection, various investigations, meetings of research, announcement of results of research,

etc.), please enter the expenditures (transportation fee, accommodation fee and daily allowance), etc. for each

matter.

○ Personnel Cost/Honoraria

Please enter the expenditures for each matter such as honoraria, compensation, wages and salaries to Research

Collaborator(s) (postdoctoral researchers, research assistants (RA), researchers belonging to overseas research

institutions, and others) who engaged in organizing materials, assisting in experiments, performing translation

or proofreading, providing technical knowledge, distributing and collecting questionnaires and collecting

information materials for research), and payment to temporary staff agencies. In addition, enter the status at the

time of collaboration (such as project assistant professor, postdoctoral fellow, student in Doctoral

course/Master's course) of the people to whom the personnel cost or honoraria to be paid if it is obvious.

(Example) Organizing materials: [breakdown: X (number of students in Doctoral courses) × Y (number of months)] = XXXX

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yen. (Refer to the Application Procedures for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research.)

○ Miscellaneous Expenses

Except for equipment cost, consumables expenses, travel expenses, personnel cost/honoraria, please enter the

expenditures to carry out the research (e.g. the costs for printing, photocopying, developing/printing,

correspondence (stamps and phone calls), transport, renting or leasing the research facilities (only where the

grant-aided project cannot be conducted in the facilities of the research institution), meetings (rental of the

venue and meals (excluding alcohol)), equipment rental (e.g. computers, automobiles, experimental equipment),

equipment repairs, transportation other than travel expenses, presentation of the research achievements (fees for

contributing to the publications of academic societies, website creation, and preparation of pamphlets to

publicize the research achievements, costs of PR activities disseminating research achievements to the general

public, and other matters) , experiment waste disposal cost, the cost of “buyout”, i.e. someone taking over a part

of the duties (other than research) of the Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator(s). (Refer to the Application

Procedures for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research)) item by item.

○ Necessity of Consumable expenses, Travel Expenses, Personnel Cost/Honoraria, and Miscellaneous Expenses

Please enter the necessity and the basis of the estimation of consumable expenses, travel expenses, personnel

cost/honoraria, and miscellaneous expenses you entered. In any fiscal year of this research plan, if the “travel

expenses” or “personnel cost/honoraria” exceeds 90% of the total research expenses in any FY of the research

period and there is expenses which accounts for a particularly large proportion in “consumable expenses” or

“miscellaneous expenses”, you must enter the necessity of the expenditure to carry out the research and its

breakdown.

“The Status of Application and Acquisition of Research Grants” input screen

1) “The Status of Application and Acquisition of Research Grants”

The entries in this column will be referred to by the review committee in order to ensure that the grant status

would not constitute a case of “unreasonable duplication and/or excessive concentration in the grant allocation”

so that the proposed research project can be duly carried out in parallel with other projects. Principal

Investigator and Co-Investigator should input and confirm following information up to the time of current

application such as (1) research grant application(s) in the review process, (2) research grant(s) adopted and to

be delivered, and (3) other activities.

In addition, as for the information on the Co-Investigator, the contents which have been inputted by the

Co-Investigator in the course of the consent process are displayed on the screen. Therefore the

Principal-Investigator should confirm the contents which the Co-Investigator has inputted and fill in the

column of the “total research expenditure for the whole research period” for the research project

applied.

・This research project should be entered at the head of “(1) research grant application(s) in the review process”.


research grant application(s) in the review process” and “(2) research grant(s) adopted and to be delivered”.

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・There is no need to enter the fundamental research grants that are allocated so that research activities, etc. can

carry out as duties within the research institution to which the researcher belongs in “(1) research grant

application(s) in the review process” or “(2) research grant(s) adopted and to be delivered”. The effort of the

research activities and so on that utilize such grants is included in “(3) other activities”. Moreover, the effort in

the research project supported by a KAKENHI in which the researcher participates as Research Collaborator is

included in “(3) other activities”.

・If the applicant is a Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (SPD/PD/RPD/CPD) and plan to receive a

Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows in FY2021, please enter it in “(2) research grant(s) adopted and to be delivered”.

Moreover, please do not enter the Grant-in-Aid that is paid monthly by JSPS (research implementation costs).

・As for the research proposal submission in the fiscal year previous to the final fiscal year of the research period

of an on-going research project, do not enter expected amounts of the said on-going research project on which

the new application is based in the “(2) research grant(s) adopted and to be delivered”.

In the detail column of “(1) research grant application(s) in the review process” and “(2) research grant(s)

adopted and to be delivered”, the data input column is displayed by pushing the necessary number of “Add”

button on the left side of the input screen. For data entry fields that you do not use (if you have entered but do

not use it or if you did not enter at all), please delete the data entry field by pressing the “Delete” button on the

left side.

○ “ Role in this Project”

Please select “PI” if the role of the researcher is a Principal Investigator or select “Co-I” if the role of the

researcher is a Co-Investigator.

○ “ Funding Scheme, Grant Category (Funding Organization)”

In case of KAKENHI, please select the research category. For cases other than KAKENHI, please select

“Other” and enter the name of the research grant and the name of the funding organization in the lower row.


Please enter the research period.


Please enter the title of proposed research project.


If applicant select “Co-I” in the column of Role in the Project, please enter the name of the Principal

Investigator (or equivalent) of the research subject.


Enter the amount of direct expense of research expenditure to be received and used by him/herself in FY2021

(items under application is the applied amount) in the upper row, and at the same time enter the total amount

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(planned amount) to be used by him/herself during the whole period in the lower row.

If applicant select “Co-I” in the column of Role in the Project, please enter the amount of allotment (planned

amount) to be received and used by himf/herself in FY2021 in the upper row, and at the same time enter the

total amount of allotment (planned amount) to be used by him/herself during the whole period in the lower row.

(Please enter "0" if contributions are not distributed in the respective column.)


Based on 100% of the total working hours for “(1) research grant application(s) in the review process”, (2)

research grant(s) adopted and to be delivered” and “(3) other activities” to be entered in this column, please

enter the allocation rate (%) of the time required for conducting activities etc. The “total working hours” does

not mean time spent only on research activities, but entire actual working time, including time spent on

educational activities and other activities.

In KAKENHI, please enter “-” (hyphen) if applicant enter a research category (such as Specially Promoted

Research) that can be duplicated but not adopted in duplicate.

In addition, when conducting research by the competitive research grants, please be sure to enter the effort

related to the research activity. When the research project for which the current application is being made is

selected, the applicant will be requested to confirm the effort anew at that time and to perform the procedure of

formal application for grant delivery. If the effort is changed at that time, it is necessary to correct the effort it

e-Rad before formal application for grant delivery.

○ “Distinction of the research contents and reason for submission of this KAKENHI application in addition to the

other projects”

Please explicitly enter the items focusing on the research grant application(s) in the review process or research

grant(s) adopted and to be delivered, distinction of the research contents, and reason for submission of this

KAKENHI application in addition to the other projects of the research project.

If applicant is a Principal Investigator of KAKENHI, please enter the total amount of direct expense for the

whole research period including the shared amount to the Co-Investigators in this column.

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Management of Research Proposal Document (Items to be entered in the Website) (Screenshot) [Scientific Research (S)]

“Management of Research Proposal Document” screen

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Application Information Input (Items to be entered in the Website) (Screenshot) [Scientific Research (S), English version] – (1) “Application Information Input” screen

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Application Information Input (Items to be entered in the Website) (Screenshot) [Scientific Research (S), English version] – (2) “Application Information Input” screen

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Main existing equipment (Items to be entered in the Website) (Screenshot) [Scientific Research (S), English version]

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Details of research expenditure and their necessity (Items to be entered in the Website) (Screenshot) [Scientific Research (S), English version] – (1)

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The Status of Application and Acquisition of Research Grants (Items to be entered in the Website) (Screenshot) [Scientific Research (S), English version] – (1)

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The Status of Application and Acquisition of Research Grants (Items to be entered in the Website) (Screenshot) [Scientific Research (S), English version] – (2)

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Registration of Co-Investigators' Consent/Dissent (Items to be entered in the Website) (Screenshot)

[Scientific Research (S), English version] – (1)

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FY2021 Procedures for Preparing and Entering a Research Proposal Document for “Scientific Research (A/B/C) (General)”,

“Early-Career Scientists” (New Proposal)











Items to be noted


Document for “Scientific Research A (General)” reviewed by the “Medium-sized Section”,

“Scientific Research B/C (General) and ”Early-Career Scientists” reviewed by the “Basic

Section” as “New Application” (including an application for a grant for the fiscal year

before the final fiscal year of a research plan)”.






be reviewed.





and boxes.




characters, etc.).

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The items to be entered in the website constitute the first part (“Section desired the review”,

“Name of Principal Investigator (PI)”, etc.) and the second part (“Research Expenditures and

Their Necessity”, “The Status of Application and Acquisition of Research Grants”) of the


System.



(“Scientific Research (A/B/C)”, “Challenging Research (Pioneering/Exploratory)”, “Early-Career

Scientists”).



・ With or without Application for a Grant for the Fiscal Year before the Final Fiscal Year of a

Research Plan

・ Section Desired the Review


・ Position, Academic Unit (School, Faculty, etc.), and Research Institution of the Principal

Investigator

・ Academic Degree and Effort (*only for “Early-Career Scientists”)

・ Date of Ph.D. Acquisition (*only for “Early-Career Scientists”)

・ Application Requirements (*only for “Early-Career Scientists”)


・ Research Abstract (*only for “Scientific Research (A)”)


・ Project Members (*Except “Early-Career Scientists”)


・ Research Expenditures and Their Necessity

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The following items are contents on the “Research Proposal Document (forms to be uploaded)”.

They constitute the intermediate part of the Research Proposal Document (PDF file).









(1) “Research Objectives, Research Method etc.” column

In this column, the description should be given what kind of research you plan and its summary

in this proposal in accordance with the instruction specified in the Research Proposal Document

to be submitted this time so that the overall structure can be clarified. The summary should be

given with approximately 10 lines of paragraph.

(2) “Research Development Leading to Conception of the Present Research Proposal, etc.”

column

In this column, the description should be given the characteristics of the research in accordance

with the instruction specified in the Research Proposal Document so that the review committee

will better understand the research proposal to be submitted this time.

(3) “Applicant’s Ability to Conduct the Research and the Research Environment” column

Enter in accordance with the instruction specified in the Research Proposal Document.

The description for the “(1) applicant’s hitherto research activities” should be focused on the

research activities relevant to the submitted research plan to show the feasibility of the research

plan. In case the Co-Investigator involves, it should be focused on the research activities relevant

to the prospected roles in the research plan by the Co-Investigator.

The description in this column is to explain the feasibility of the research plan. On citing research

achievements (research papers, books, patents, invited talks, etc.) they should be given not as an

exhaustive list but as supporting evidence to prove the applicant’s ability to conduct the proposed

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research.

Sufficient information should be given so that the reviewers can identify the research

achievements. In the case of a research paper, for example, the relevant bibliographic information,

including the title of the paper, the author(s), the title and the volume of the journal, the

publication year, and the pages of the article should be given.

The research papers that can be cited are only those already published or accepted for

publication.

In case that the applicants have periods during which the researches were suspended due to

acquisition of maternity leave, childcare leave, care leave and so on, they may choose to write

about it in this column.




(5) “Items to be Entered When New Application is Made in the Fiscal Year Previous to the

Final Year of the Research Period of an On-Going KAKENHI Project” column

If applicant is newly applying as “New Application is Made in the Fiscal Year Previous to the

Final Year of the Research Period of an On-Going KAKENHI Project” (cf. Application

Procedures for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research), enter the each item with approximately 10

lines of paragraph in accordance with the instruction specified in the Research Proposal

Document. If not, submit this form leaving the column blank without any deletion.

* When entering in the column of “Research Expenditure and Their Necessity” and “The Status of

Application and Acquisition of Research Grants”, refer to the “FY2021 Procedures for Preparing

and Entering a Research Proposal Document (items to be entered in the website) (“Scientific

Research (A/B/C)”, “Challenging Research (Pioneering/Exploratory)”, “Early-Career Scientists

Research”)”.

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研究経費

千円未満の端数は切り

捨てる

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令和5年度

令和6年度

令和7年度

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中区分


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Scientific Research (A) (General) 1

1. Research Objectives, Research Method, etc. This research proposal will be reviewed in the Medium-sized Section of the applicant’s choice. In filling this application form, refer to the



If the proposed research project involves Co-Investigator(s) (Co-I(s)), a concrete description of the role-sharing between the Principal Investigator (PI) and the Co-I(s) should be given.

[SUMMARY]

[MAIN TEXT]

* Note 1:

1. Proposals submitted to the research category Scientific Research (A) will be reviewed in the

pertaining Medium-sized Section of the Review Section Table. The proposal document should be

prepared with consideration that it will be reviewed from diverse viewpoints by a review

committee consisting of reviewers with different backgrounds.

* Note 2:









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3. Applicant’s Ability to Conduct the Research and the Research Environment In this column, descriptions of (1) applicant’s hitherto research activities, and (2) research environments including research facilities and equipment,

research materials, etc. relevant to the conduct of the proposed research should be given within 2 pages to show the feasibility of the research plan by the applicant (PI) (and Co-I(s), if any).

If the applicant has taken leave of absence from research activity for some period (e.g. due to maternity and/or child-care), he/she may choose to write about it in “(1) applicant’s hitherto research activities”.

* Note:






achievements.





publication.


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設備備品費、消耗品費の必要性

金額単価数量品名・仕様設置機関

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年度金額


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旅費、人件費・謝金、その他の必要性


その他の明細人件費・謝金の明細外国旅費の明細国内旅費の明細

基盤Ａ（一般）１２－（　）

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基盤Ａ（一般）１３－（　）


割の研究経費


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研究者氏名


(千円)

(千円)

(千円)

(千円)


(千円)


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(千円)

(千円)

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XXXX XX年日月

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研究課題名

氏名

年度設備備品費消耗品費研究経費（千円）旅費その他


総計

研究経費


捨てる

新規

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令和4年度

令和5年度

令和6年度


1版


令和7年度

人件費謝金・

0 0000000000 0000000

整理番号小区分機関番号研究種目番号応募区分番号

小区分

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部局職


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(千円)ート(%)

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研究代表者

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00

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Scientific Research (B) (General) 1

1. Research Objectives, Research Method, etc. This research proposal will be reviewed in the Basic Section of the applicant’s choice. In filling this application form, refer to the




[SUMMARY]

[MAIN TEXT]

* Notes:









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Scientific Research (B) (General) 2 [1. Research Objectives, Research Method, etc. (continued from the previous page)]

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* Note:






achievements.





publication.


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Scientific Research (B) (General) 7 [3. Applicant’s Ability to Conduct the Research and the Research Environment (continued from the previous page)]

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年度金額


事項




研究経費とその必要性基盤研究（Ｂ）（一般）１０－（　）

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年度金額


事項




基盤研究（Ｂ）（一般）１１－（　）

147

基盤研究（Ｂ）（一般）１２－（　）


割の研究経費


令和3年度





研究者氏名


(千円)

(千円)

(千円)

(千円)


(千円)


役令和3年度

148

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(千円)

(千円)

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所属研究機関

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XXXX XX年日月

- 1 -

部　局

職

(フリガナ)

研究課題名

氏名



総計

研究経費


捨てる

新規

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令和4年度

令和5年度

令和6年度

研究種目

小区分


1版


0 000000000 0000000


令和7年度

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基盤研究(C) 応募区分一般

令和

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部局職


エフォ

(千円)ート(%)

-2-

研究分担者

研究代表者

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令和3年度

00000-00-000-000-0000

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Scientific Research (C) (General) 1





[SUMMARY]

[MAIN TEXT]

* Notes:









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Scientific Research (C) (General) 2 [1. Research Objectives, Research Method, etc. (continued from the previous page)]

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Scientific Research (C) (General) 3 [1. Research Objectives, Research Method, etc. (continued from the previous page)]

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* Note:






achievements.





publication.


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Scientific Research (C) (General) 6 [3. Applicant’s Ability to Conduct the Research and the Research Environment (continued from the previous page)]

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事項




研究経費とその必要性基盤研究（Ｃ）（一般）９－（　）

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年度金額


事項




基盤研究（Ｃ）（一般）１０－（　）

161

基盤研究（Ｃ）（一般）１１－（　）


割の研究経費


令和3年度





研究者氏名


(千円)

(千円)

(千円)

(千円)


(千円)


役令和3年度

162

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(千円)

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令和4年度

令和5年度

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小区分


版

エフォート

学　位

令和6年度

人件費謝金・

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－

応募要件

博士号取得年月日

令和7年度

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Early-Career Scientists 1


Application Procedures for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research-KAKENHI-. In this column, research objectives, research method, etc. should be described within 3 pages. A succinct summary of the research proposal should be given at the beginning. The main text should give descriptions, in concrete and clear terms, of (1) scientific background for the proposed research, and the “key


[SUMMARY]

[MAIN TEXT]

* Notes:









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Early-Career Scientists 2 [1. Research Objectives, Research Method, etc. (continued from the previous page)]

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Early-Career Scientists 3 [1. Research Objectives, Research Method, etc. (continued from the previous page)]

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3. Applicant’s Ability to Conduct the Research and the Research Environment In this column, descriptions of (1) applicant’s hitherto research activities, and (2) research environments including research facilities and

equipment, research materials, etc. relevant to the conduct of the proposed research should be given within 2 pages to show the feasibility of the research plan by the applicant (Principal Investigator).


* Note:






achievements.





publication.


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Early-Career Scientists 6 [3. Applicant’s Ability to Conduct the Research and the Research Environment (continued from the previous page)]

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事項




研究経費とその必要性若手研究８－（　）

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年度金額


事項




若手研究９－（　）

173

若手研究１０－（　）


割の研究経費


令和3年度





研究者氏名


(千円)

(千円)

(千円)

(千円)


(千円)


役令和3年度

174

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(千円)

(千円)

(千円)

(千円)


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FY2021 Procedures for Preparing and Entering a Research Proposal Document for “Challenging Research (Pioneering)” (New Proposal)











Items to be noted


Document for “Challenging Research (Pioneering)” reviewed by the “Medium-sized

Section” as “New Application”.






be reviewed.





and boxes.




characters, etc.).

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System.




Scientists”).






Investigator




・ Project Members





As for this research category, two kinds of form need to be prepared, which are the [Form

S-41-1] constitute of the “Research Proposal Document (Outline)” and the [Form S-41-2]

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constitute of the “Research Proposal Document (Main body)”









1. [Form S-41-1]

・ “Outline of Research Proposal Document” column

In this column, the description should be given in accordance with the instruction specified in the

Research Proposal Document. In this research category, the preliminary screening will be

conducted only by the “Research Proposal Document (Outline)” which is made up by adding the

first half of the Research Proposal Document (items to be entered in the Website) to this form.

(Preliminary screening will not be conducted if the number of application is small). It is

necessary to prepare this form and the [Form S-41-2] separately since this form is unable to be

referred in the document review and the panel review. For example, the necessary figures should

be drawn on each form separately since the figures on this form are unable to be cited on the

[Form S-41-2].

2. [Form S-41-2]

This form constitutes a middle part of the Research Proposal Document (Main body) in the PDF

file.

(1) “Research Objectives and Research Method”, “Significance as Challenging Research

(Reason for applying for this research category)”, “Applicant’s Ability to Conduct the

Research” column


Research Proposal Document.

The "Applicant's Ability to Conduct the Research" column does not require you to describe the

details of research achievements (research papers, books, patents, invited talks, etc.) exhaustively.

On citing papers etc. as necessary, for example, in the case of an article, fill in the information

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such as the title of the paper, the author(s), the title and the volume of the journal, the publication

year, and the pages of the article so that the reviewers can identify the paper.








Research”)”.

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所属研究機関

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部　局

職

(フリガナ)

研究課題名

氏名



総計

研究経費


捨てる

新規

令和3年度

令和4年度

令和5年度

研究種目挑戦的研究（開拓）


X 版

人件費謝金・

令和6年度

令和7年度

令和8年度

中区分

00000000 0000


－

研究の要約

令和

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部局職


エフォ

(千円)ート(%)

-2-

研究分担者

研究代表者

研究分担者


令和3年度

00000-00-000-000-0000

00

00000000 （00）

00000000 （00）

00000000 （00）

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Challenging Research (Pioneering) (Outline) 1

Outline of Research Proposal Document In this column, a succinct summary should be described within 2 pages concerning “1. Research Objectives and Research

Method”, “2. Significance as Challenging Research (Reason for applying for this research category)”, and “3. Applicant’s Ability to Conduct the Research” written in the research proposal document. * In this research category, the preliminary screening will be conducted only by the “Research Proposal Document

(Outline)” which is made up by adding the first half of the Research Proposal Document (items to be entered in the Website) to this column (Preliminary screening will not be conducted if the number of application is small). Take note that this form is unable to be referred at the document review and the panel review.

* Note 1:

1. This research category calls for a challenging research with the potential of radically

transforming the existing research framework and/or changing the research direction. Make

sure that your research plan is consistent with the purpose of the research category.

2. Proposals submitted to the research category Challenging Research (Pioneering) will be

reviewed in the pertaining Medium-sized Section of the Review Section Table. The proposal

document should be prepared with consideration that it will be reviewed from diverse

viewpoints by a review committee consisting of reviewers with different backgrounds.

3. In the research category Challenging Research (Pioneering), the preliminary screening will be

conducted only by the “Research Proposal Document (Outline)” which is made up by adding

the first half of the Research Proposal Document (items to be entered in the Website) to the form

(“Outline of Research Proposal Document” column) (Preliminary screening will not be

conducted if the number of application is small). Take note that this form is unable to be

referred at the document review and the panel review.

* Note 2:








Form S-41-1: Research Proposal Document (forms to be uploaded)

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氏名



総計

研究経費


捨てる

新規

令和3年度

令和4年度

令和5年度

研究種目挑戦的研究（開拓）


X 版

人件費謝金・

令和6年度

令和7年度

令和8年度

中区分

00000000 0000


－

研究の要約

令和

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部局職


エフォ

(千円)ート(%)

-2-

研究分担者

研究代表者

研究分担者


令和3年度

00000-00-000-000-0000

00

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00000000 （00）

00000000 （00）

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Challenging Research (Pioneering) 1

1. Research Objectives and Research Method This research category is reviewed by the Medium-sized Section of the Review Section Table. Please note that your Research

Proposal Document is reviewed by review committee in a wide range of fields from a multilateral perspective. In this column, describe the following points focused on concretely and clearly within 3 pages. 1. Objectives of this research 2. Research Method that the objective can be achieved (including each role of Researchers in Project Members List and Research

Collaborators). 3. Status on the current research environment such as research facilities, equipment, research materials, etc. used to implement this

research (In the case that the research environment changes greatly due to transfer or retirement during the research period, securing place and implementation method etc. should be described.

* Note 1:


transforming the existing research framework and/or changing the research direction. Make

sure that your research plan is consistent with the purpose of the research category.

2. Proposals submitted to the research category Challenging Research (Pioneering) will be




3. In the research category Challenging Research (Pioneering), the preliminary screening will be



S-41-1 (“Outline of Research Proposal Document” column) (Preliminary screening will not be

conducted if the number of application is small).

4. It is necessary to prepare the form S-41-1 (“Outline of Research Proposal Document” column)

and this form separately since the form S-41-1 (“Outline of Research Proposal Document”

column) is unable to be referred in the document review and the panel review. For example, the

necessary figures should be drawn on each form separately since the figures on the form S-41-1

(“Outline of Research Proposal Document” column) are unable to be cited on this form.

* Note 2:









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Challenging Research (Pioneering) 2 [1. Research Objectives and Research Method (continued from the previous page)]

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Challenging Research (Pioneering) 3 [1. Research Objectives and Research Method (continued from the previous page)]

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2. Significance as Challenging Research (Reason for applying for this research category) This research category calls for a challenging research with the potential of radically transforming the existing

research framework and/or changing the research direction. In this column, describe the following points within 1 page. 1. Applicant’s research background and history leading to the conception of this research proposal based on applicant’s

hitherto research activities 2. Based on the current research situation, what significance does this research concept have as a challenging research

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3. Applicant’s Ability to Conduct the Research In this column, describe the concrete contents of applicant’s hitherto research activities etc. within 1 page to show applicant's ability to

conduct the proposed research. If necessary, applicant may include those not directly related to proposed research.

* Note:

1. The description in this column does not require you to describe the details of research

achievements (research papers, books, patents, invited talks, etc.) exhaustively. On citing papers

etc. as necessary, for example, in the case of an article, fill in the information such as the title of

the paper, the author(s), the title and the volume of the journal, the publication year, and the

pages of the article so that the reviewers can identify the paper.


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191

年度金額


事項




研究経費とその必要性挑戦的研究（開拓）７－（　）

192

年度金額


事項




挑戦的研究（開拓）８－（　）

193

挑戦的研究（開拓）９－（　）


割の研究経費


令和3年度





研究者氏名


(千円)

(千円)

(千円)

(千円)


(千円)


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(千円)

(千円)

(千円)

(千円)


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FY2021 Procedures for Preparing and Entering a Research Proposal Document for “Challenging Research (Exploratory)” (New Proposal)











Items to be noted


Document for “Challenging Research (Exploratory)” reviewed by the “Medium-sized

Section” as “New Application”.






be reviewed.





and boxes.




characters, etc.).

196












System.




Scientists”).






Investigator




・ Project Members





As for this research category, two kinds of form need to be prepared, which are the [Form

S-42-1] constitute of the “Research Proposal Document (Outline)” and the [Form S-42-2]

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constitute of the “Research Proposal Document (Main body)”


uploaded)” from the JSPS website for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, and fill it in. He/she







1. [Form S-42-1]

・ “Outline of Research Proposal Document” column


Research Proposal Document. In this research category, the preliminary screening will be

conducted only by the “Research Proposal Document (Outline)” which is made up by adding the

first half of the Research Proposal Document (items to be entered in the Website) to this form.

(Preliminary screening will not be conducted if the number of application is small). It is

necessary to prepare this form and the [Form S-42-2] separately since this form is unable to be

referred in the document review and the panel review. For example, the necessary figures should

be drawn on each form separately since the figures on this form are unable to be cited on the

[Form S-42-2].

2. [Form S-42-2]

This form constitutes a middle part of the Research Proposal Document (Main body) in the PDF

file.

(1) “Research Objectives and Research Method, Applicant’s Ability to Conduct the Research”,

“Significance as Challenging Research (Reason for applying for this research category)”,

column


Research Proposal Document.

The “Applicant's Ability to Conduct the Research” column does not require you to describe the

details of research achievements (research papers, books, patents, invited talks, etc.) exhaustively.

On citing papers etc. as necessary, for example, in the case of an article, fill in the information

198

such as the title of the paper, the author(s), the title and the volume of the journal, the publication

year, and the pages of the article so that the reviewers can identify the paper.








Research”)”.

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研究代表者

所属研究機関

令和3(2021)年度挑戦的研究（萌芽）研究計画調書

XXXX XX年日月

- 1 -

部　局

職

(フリガナ)

研究課題名

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Challenging Research (Exploratory) (Outline) 1

Outline of Research Proposal Document In this column, a succinct summary should be described within 2 pages concerning “1. Research Objectives and Research

Method, Applicant’s Ability to Conduct the Research” and “2. Significance as Challenging Research (Reason for applying for this research category)” written in the research proposal document. * In this research category, the preliminary screening will be conducted only by the “Research Proposal Document

(Outline)” which is made up by adding the first half of the Research Proposal Document (items to be entered in the Website) to this column (Preliminary screening will not be conducted if the number of application is small). Take note that this form is unable to be referred at the document review and the panel review.

* Note 1:


transforming the existing research framework and/or changing the research direction. (The

scope of the (Exploratory) category encompasses research proposals that are highly

exploratory and/or are in their budding stages.) Make sure that your research plan is consistent

with the purpose of the research category.

2. Proposals submitted to the research category Challenging Research (Exploratory) will be




3. In the research category Challenging Research (Exploratory), the preliminary screening will be



(“Outline of Research Proposal Document” column) (Preliminary screening will not be

conducted if the number of application is small). Take note that this form is unable to be

referred at the document review and the panel review.

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Challenging Research (Exploratory) 1

1. Research Objectives and Research Method, Applicant’s Ability to Conduct the Research This research category is reviewed by the Medium-sized Section of the Review Section Table. Please note that your

Research Proposal Document is reviewed by review committee in a wide range of fields from a multilateral perspective. In this column, describe the following points focused on concretely and clearly within 2 pages. 1. Objectives of this research 2. Research Method that the objective can be achieved (including each role of Researchers in Project Members List and

Research Collaborators). 3. Applicant’s Ability to Conduct the Research (i.e. the concrete contents of applicant’s hitherto research activities. If

necessary, applicant may include those not directly related to proposed research.)

* Note 1:


transforming the existing research framework and/or changing the research direction. (The

scope of the (Exploratory) category encompasses research proposals that are highly

exploratory and/or are in their budding stages.) Make sure that your research plan is consistent

with the purpose of the research category.

2. Proposals submitted to the research category Challenging Research (Exploratory) will be




3. In the research category Challenging Research (Exploratory), the preliminary screening will be



S-42-1 (“Outline of Research Proposal Document” column) (Preliminary screening will not be

conducted if the number of application is small).

4. It is necessary to prepare the form S-42-1 (“Outline of Research Proposal Document” column)

and this form separately since the form S-42-1 (“Outline of Research Proposal Document”

column) is unable to be referred in the document review and the panel review. For example, the

necessary figures should be drawn on each form separately since the figures on the form S-42-1

(“Outline of Research Proposal Document” column) are unable to be cited on this form.

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2. Significance as Challenging Research (Reason for applying for this research category) This research category calls for a challenging research with the potential of radically transforming the existing research

framework and/or changing the research direction. In this column, describe the following points within 1 page. 1. Applicant’s research background and history leading to the conception of this research proposal based on applicant’s hitherto

research activities 2. Based on the current research situation, what significance does this research concept have as Challenging Research (If the research

plan is highly exploratory and/or is in their budding stages, whether the plan has a possibility as Challenging Research).

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FY2021 Procedures for Preparing and Entering a Research Proposal Document (items to be entered in the Website)

(Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A/B/C), Challenging Research (Pioneering/Exploratory), and Early-Career Scientists)

The confirmation of the content of the application and the preparation of the review material is based on the

“Research Proposal Document”, which constitutes one part of the application documents. Consequently, it is

possible that the information entered in the website will have an influence on the results of the review, or it is

possible that the research project will not be accepted for review, because of the content entered. Therefore, the

applicant should prepare the Research Proposal Document with care.

Also, a part of content entered (title of Proposed Research Project, information of project member, effort, etc.) will


Please select “application information input” of the research category for which an application is made from the

“List of Research Categories for which Applications are accepted”. If you apply for Early-Career Scientists, after

selecting the application requirements on the “confirmation of requirements” screen, the “application information

input” screen will be displayed. On the screen of “application information input”, if the “Japanese ▶ English” button

at the upper left of the screen is clicked, then the explanations are translated into English.

1. Application Requirements (These items will be displayed on the “Confirmation of requirements”

screen)

[These are items which need to be entered when applying for “Early-Career Scientists”.]

Please select the following appropriate application requirement.

“(1) As of April 1, 2021, Ph.D. acquired less than 8 years”,

“(2) It is planned to acquire Ph.D. by April 1, 2021, although it is not acquired Ph.D.”,

“(3) As of April 1, 2021 years acquired Ph.D. except the period of maternity and/or childcare leave less than 8

years”.

If you select “(2) It is planned to acquire Ph.D. by April 1, 2021, although it is not acquired Ph.D.”, please enter

“Ph.D. Acquisition Planned Date”, and “Research institute where applicant is planned to acquire Ph.D.”. (This

content is not converted to the PDF file.)

If you select “(3) As of April 1, 2021 years acquired Ph.D. except period of maternity and/or childcare leave less

than 8 years”, please enter “Period taken for Maternity/Childcare Leave”. (This content is not converted to the

PDF file.)

2. New proposal or continued

The applicant should select the appropriate item from among “New Proposal”.

If he/she selects “continued”, this is limited to research projects that fall under the category “research projects in

which significant changes are made”. Applicant should consult in advance with the Research Aid Division I of the

Research Program Department, in order to know whether the change the applicant wants to make falls under this

category.

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3. Research proposal submission in the fiscal year previous to the final fiscal year of the research period of an

on-going research project

[These are the items that need to be entered when applying for Scientific Research (Scientific Research

(A/B/C) (“General”)]

The applicant should select the appropriate item from among “Not Making Application” and “Making

Application”.

Moreover, if the applicant selects “Making Application”, it is limited to research projects that fall under “Research

proposal submission in the fiscal year previous to the final fiscal year of the research period of an on-going

research project (Refer to the Application Procedures for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research)”. If he/she makes

an application under the category “Research proposal submission in the fiscal year previous to the final fiscal year

of the research period of an on-going research project”, he/she should enter the project number of the Grant-in-Aid

(continued) of which FY2021 is the final fiscal year (i.e., the project number of the on-going research project on

which the new application is based). Moreover, he/she should be sure to fill in the necessary information in the

column “items to be filled in when making research proposal submission in the fiscal year previous to the final

fiscal year of the research period of an on-going research project” of the Research Proposal Document (forms to

be uploaded) he/she is preparing.

4. Section Desired the Review

[These are items which need to be entered when applying for “Scientific Research (A/B/C) (General)”,

“Challenging Research (Pioneering/Exploratory)” and “Early-Career Scientists”.]

In “Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research-KAKENHI-, Review Section Table” (hereinafter referred to as “Review

Section Table”), please enter a review section which you wish to be reviewed.

The section to be selected depends on the research category you apply.

Scientific Research (B), Scientific Research (C), and Early Career Scientists ------- Select from “Basic Section”

Scientific Research (A) and Challenging Research (Pioneering/Exploratory) ------ Select from “Medium-sized Section”




error, please temporarily save the input data, then contact the secretariat of your research institution and follow the

instructions.

6. Research Institution, Academic Unit (School, Faculty, etc.) and Position of the Principal Investigator


Principal Investigator should verify whether the information on his/her professional affiliation has been displayed

correctly at the time he/she is preparing the Research Proposal Document. If there is an error, please temporarily

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save the input data, then contact the secretariat of your research institution and follow the instructions.

7. Academic Degree and Effort

(These are items which need to be entered when applying for “Early-Career Scientists”.)

The applicant should enter the time allocation rate (an integral number between 1 and 100) in the column “Effort”,

assuming that the research project for which the current application is being made would be selected.

When determining the time allocation rate, the applicant should determine it keeping in mind the definition of

“effort” by the Council for Science and Technology Policy. This definition is “the percentage of time allocation

(%) necessary for the implementation of the research in question, if the total yearly working hours of the

researcher is set at 100%”. Moreover, the “total working hours” does not mean time spent only on research

activities, but entire actual working time, including time spent on educational activities and other activities.

Moreover, when the research project for which the current application is being made is selected, the applicant will

be requested to confirm the effort anew at that time and to perform the procedure of formal application for grant

delivery. If the effort is changed at that time, it is necessary to correct the effort in e-Rad before formal application

for grant delivery.

8. Date of Ph.D. Acquisition



Principal Investigator in question should verify whether Date of Ph.D. Acquisition has been displayed correctly.

If there is an error, please temporarily save the input data, then contact the secretariat of your research institution

and follow the instructions.

9. Application Requirements


Please make sure whether entered application requirements are correctly displayed before you proceeded to

“application information input” screen.

Please make sure whether “Ph.D. Acquisition Planned Date” and “Research institute where applicant is planned to

acquire Ph.D.” are correctly displayed, if you select “(2) It is planned to acquire Ph.D. by April 1, 2021, although

it is not acquired Ph.D.”.

Please make sure whether “Period taken for Maternity/Childcare Leave” is correctly displayed, if you select “(3)

As of April 1, 2021 years acquired Ph.D. except the period of maternity and/or childcare leave less than 8 years”.


In the column “Title of Proposed Research Project”, the applicant should enter a title for the proposed research

project in a manner that the title specifically expresses the content of the research until the time of the completion

of the research period. (The applicant should avoid general or abstract expressions.)




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formulas and mathematical formulas as much as possible. (Display example Ca2+ → input as Ｃａ２＋ (counts

as 4 characters))

As a general rule, changes in the title of the research project will not be accepted.


[These are the items that need to be entered when applying for Scientific Research (A) and “Challenging

Research (Pioneering/Exploratory)”.]

The applicant should enter the purpose of the research project for which he/she applies, and the methods and other

matters to achieve purpose of the research in a clear manner (including significance as challenging research in

case of Challenging Research (Pioneering/Exploratory)). It is possible to enter these in Japanese or in English.

Research abstract can be entered up to 1000 bytes. (Double-byte characters are counted as 2 bytes and single-byte


12. Request for disclosure

The applicant should select the appropriate item from among “I request to be informed of comments from the

reviewers: Yes” or “I request to be informed of comments from the reviewers: No”, for the results of the

document review (first stage of the review) etc., in case his/her proposed project is not selected.

* “Disclosure” of the review results will be made only to the applicant through the electronic application system

(Except for the applicant, the results cannot be viewed by anyone including the person(s) belong to the research

institution).


[These are items which need to be entered when applying for “Scientific Research (A/B/C)” and

“Challenging Research (Pioneering/Exploratory)”]

Concerning the planned research of “Scientific Research (A/B/C)” and “Challenging Research

(Pioneering/Exploratory)”, as the occasion demands, it is possible to involve the “Co-Investigator”, and the

“Research Collaborator” in the research. For the definitions of “Principal Investigator”, “Co-Investigator”,

“Research Collaborator”, please refer to the Application Procedures for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research.

In addition, the applicant should fill in the column “Project Members List” while keeping in mind the following

points.



・In the column “Researcher Number”, “Name (Pronunciation in katakana; Kanji, etc)”, “Age (as of April

1, 2021)”, and “Research Institution, Academic Unit (School, Faculty, etc.), Position” of the Principal

Investigator, the information on the Principal Investigator which has been registered in e-Rad will be

automatically displayed. Principal Investigator should verify whether the information has been displayed

correctly.

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・In the column “Academic Degree”, Principal Investigator should fill in his/her academic degree. Enter the last

educational status only.

・In the column “Role in This Project”, the Principal Investigator should fill in, how the Principal Investigator

and the Co-Investigator(s) will cooperate to carry out the research, in a way that clarifies the respective

connections between the researchers, and highlighting the allotment of research tasks in the research

implementation plan FY2021. Principal Investigator should also enter those information of Co-Investigator.

・In the column “Research Expenditure for FY2021”, the share of the grant to the Principal Investigator and

the Co-Investigator(s) should be entered in units of thousand yen, based on the research plan. Principal

Investigator should also enter those information of Co-Investigator.

The total amount of all the shares of the grant to each researcher should correspond to “Research Expenditure

for FY2021 (Thousand Yen)” displayed in the screen. If it does not correspond, “error” is displayed on the

confirmation screen after entering.


between 1 and 100), assuming that the research project for which the current application is being made would

be adopted.

When determining the time allocation rate, the Principal Investigator should determine it keeping in mind the

definition of “effort” by the Council for Science and Technology Policy. This definition is “the percentage of

time allocation (%) necessary for the implementation of the research in question, if the entire yearly working

time of the researcher is set at 100%”. Moreover, the “entire working time” does not mean time spent only on

research activities, but entire actual working time, including time spent on educational activities and other

activities.

Moreover, when the research project for which the current application is being made is adopted, the Principal

Investigator will be requested to confirm the effort anew at that time and to perform the procedure of formal

application for grant delivery. If the effort is changed at that time, it is necessary to correct the effort in e-Rad




“Add” on the left side of the entry screen one time for every member of the project, the edit box in which the

data need to be entered is displayed.

The Principal Investigator should delete edit boxes for data entry that are not being used (when he/she entered

data but finally does not use them, or when he/she did not enter data at all), by pressing the button “Delete” on

the left side.






entered.


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・In the column “Researcher Number”, “Name (Pronunciation in katakana; Kanji, etc)”, “Age (as of April

1, 2021)”, and “Research Institution, Academic Unit (School, Faculty, etc.), Position” of the

Co-Investigator, enter the researcher number of the Co-Investigator and click on the [Search] button, his/her

information will be displayed, and click [OK] button.

Since the Co-Investigator may belong to more than one research institution, please ask the Co-Investigator at

first to confirm which affiliation he/she wishes to list for the application.



・In the columns “Role in This Project” and “Research Expenditure for FY2021”, the Principal Investigator

should enter the contents. (Please refer to the column “(1) Project Members Input (Principal Investigator)” for

the entry method).





save it temporarily. The researcher registered in the field is provisionally requested to participate in the

research project as a Co-Investigator. Check the checkbox again to confirm that you want to request him/her

to participate in the research project. (In addition, please contact him/her that you had made the

Co-Investigator request on the system.)




・You cannot request the researcher to become a Co-Investigator whose status of consent is “Dissented by the

Co-Investigator” or “Dissented by the Institution”. Press [Delete] button on the left hand side of that column

and delete the frame into which the data is being entered.

・When you request the researchers to become a Co-Investigator, your official request should be made based

on the high probability in obtaining the consent from the Co-Investigator-to-be after surely confirming

the following items with the researchers.



② As well as the Co-Investigator understand and comply with both the KAKENHI supplementary conditions

(funding conditions) and the terms stipulated in the (a), (b) and (c) below, and to receive a share of

KAKENHI from the Principal Investigator and use it properly.

(a) The Co-Investigator has to recognize that citizens have placed trust in scientific research and that

KAKENHI are funded with their tax, and you therefore have to use KAKENHI in a proper and

efficient way and refrain from committing research misconduct during my research.

(b) The Co-Investigator has to fulfil the requirement for the research ethics education coursework either

by reading a textbook such as “For the Sound Development of Science - The Attitude of a

Conscientious Scientist –“ (“For the Sound Development of Science” Editorial Committee on JSPS),

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by taking an e-Learning course such as the “e-Learning Course on Research Ethics [eL CoRE] or

“APRIN e-learning program (eAPRIN)”, or by participating in the research ethics education course

conducted at his/her institution based on the “Guidelines for Responding to Misconduct in Research”

(Adopted August 26, 2014 by the MEXT), prior to the formal application for grant delivery (or, in

case the grant has already been delivered, by the time the “application for approval of change for the

Co-Investigator” is submitted by the Principal Investigator to JSPS).

(c) The Co-Investigator has to understand thoroughly and confirm on what the researchers should

consider, in conducting of their researches, from amongst the contents of both the statement “Code of

Conduct for Scientists -Revised Version-” by the Science Council of Japan and the booklet “For the

Sound Development of Science -The Attitude of a Conscientious Scientist-” by the JSPS, by the time

of the formal application for grant delivery of the concerned research project. (Or, by the time when

the “application for approval of change of the Co-Investigator” is to be submitted to the JSPS by the

Principal Investigator, in case the official grant decision thereof has been already made.)

* Refer to the KAKENHI (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research) Electronic Application System Operation

Manual (URL: https://www-shinsei.jsps.go.jp/kaken/topkakenhi/shinsei_ka.html) for the detailed

information on the consent processes of the Co-Investigator such as operating environment, operating

method, and so on.

(3) Joint researchers other than Co-Investigators become “Research Collaborators”. Therefore, the applicant

does not have to enter them in the Project Members List of the proposed project in question. When the

applicant mention about Research Collaborator in the Research Proposal Document, if necessary, the

applicant can mention them in a column where he/she explains the overall research plan, for example, in the

column “Research Objectives, Research Method, etc.”.

14. Research Expenditure and Their Necessity

In this column, details of research expenditure, their necessity and the basis of their estimation should be given in

connection with the “Research Proposal Document (forms to be uploaded)”.In that case, please pay attention to

“Target expenditure (direct expense)” and “Ineligible expenditure” described below. Also, please be aware that

research plan with research expenditure less than 100,000 yen in any year of the research period will not be

eligible for call for proposal.






① Expenditure for buildings and other facilities (excluding the expenditure for installations which became

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necessary because of the introduction of goods that have been purchased by means of direct expense)

② Expenditure for handling accidents or disasters that occurred during the implementation of funded project



* Indirect expense is expenditure necessary for the management of the research institution and other things

that arise during the implementation of the research project (corresponding with 30% of the amount of

the direct expense). The expenditure is used by the research institution.

This time, it is scheduled to set up indirect expense for the research categories for which a call for

proposals is organized. However, the Principal Investigator does not need to state that indirect expense in

the Research Proposal Document.

Research expenditure and usage breakdown are automatically calculated from the details of each expense. In the

detail column of each expenditure, the data input column is displayed by pressing the “Add” button necessary

times on the left side of the input screen. For data entry fields that you do not use (if you have entered but do not

use it or if you did not enter at all), please delete the data entry field by pressing the “Delete” button on the left

side. Please enter the amount in thousand yen units rounding off fractions smaller than one thousand yen. After

completing the input of all the details of each expense, please click the recalculate button. And the output in PDF

will be the upper limit to 2 pages.

Please note the following points when entering details of each expense. However, the way to journalize each

expense should be handled in accordance with such as the accounting rules of the research institutions to which

you belong including but not limited to the following examples.

○ Equipment Costs

When purchasing a large number of books and/or materials, please input, to some extent, the contents of the books

and/or materials to clarify what they are, such as “the books related to the Western medieval political history” (As

for the books, the same way to journalize should be applied even if they were not handled as equipment.). Also, in

the case of the machinery and equipment, not only enter simply with a set of something but also with its

breakdown.

○ Consumables Expenses

Please enter for each product name such as chemicals, laboratory animals, glassware, etc.

○ Necessity of the Equipment Costs and the Consumables Expenses

Please enter the necessity and the basis of the estimation for the equipment costs and consumables expenses you

have inputted. In any fiscal year of this research period, if the “equipment costs” exceeds 90% of the total research

expenditure in any FY of the period and there is expenditure which accounts for a particularly large proportion in

“consumables expenses”, you must enter the necessity of the expenditure to carry out the research. In addition, in

such cases as equipment were purchased by the combined use from the grants, enter into the column of unit price

the amount using for this concerned research project together with mentioning to the effect that this is the

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combined use.

○ Domestic and Overseas Travel Expenses

As for the domestic and overseas travel expenses for Principal Investigator, Co-Investigator(s), and Research

Collaborators (data collection, various investigations, meetings of research, announcement of results of research,

etc.), please enter the expenditures (transportation fee, accommodation fee and daily allowance), etc. for each

matter.

○ Personnel Cost/Honoraria

Please enter the expenditures for each matter such as honoraria, compensation, wages and salaries to Research

Collaborator(s) (postdoctoral researchers, research assistants (RA), researchers belonging to overseas research

institutions, and others) who engaged in organizing materials, assisting in experiments, performing translation or

proofreading, providing technical knowledge, distributing and collecting questionnaires and collecting information

materials for research), and payment to temporary staff agencies. In addition, enter the status at the time of

collaboration (such as project assistant professor, postdoctoral fellow, student in Doctoral course/Master's course)

of the people to whom the personnel cost or honoraria to be paid if it is obvious.

(Example) Organizing materials: [breakdown: X (number of students in Doctoral courses) × Y (number of months)] = XXXX

yen. (Refer to the Application Procedures for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research.)

○ Miscellaneous Expenses

Except for equipment cost, consumables expenses, travel expenses, personnel cost/honoraria, please enter the

expenditures to carry out the research (e.g. the costs for printing, photocopying, developing/printing,

correspondence (stamps and phone calls), transport, renting or leasing the research facilities (only where the

grant-aided project cannot be conducted in the facilities of the research institution), meetings (rental of the venue

and meals (excluding alcohol)), equipment rental (e.g. computers, automobiles, experimental equipment),

equipment repairs, transportation other than travel expenses, presentation of the research achievements (fees for

contributing to the publications of academic societies, website creation, and preparation of pamphlets to publicize

the research achievements, costs of PR activities disseminating research achievements to the general public, and

other matters) , experiment waste disposal cost, the cost of “buyout”, i.e. someone taking over a part of the duties

(other than research) of the Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator(s). (Refer to the Application Procedures for

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research)) item by item.

○ Necessity of Travel Expenses, Personnel Cost/Honoraria, and Miscellaneous Expenses

Please enter the necessity and the basis of the estimation of travel expenses, personnel cost/honoraria, and

miscellaneous expenses you entered. In any fiscal year of this research, if the “travel expenses” or “personnel

cost/honoraria” exceeds 90% of the total research expenses in any FY of the research period and there is expenses

which accounts for a particularly large proportion in “miscellaneous expenses,” you must enter the necessity of the

expenditure to carry out the research.

15. The Status of Application and Acquisition of Research Grants

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The entries in this column will be referred to by the review committee in order to ensure that the grant status

would not constitute a case of “unreasonable duplication and/or excessive concentration in the grant allocation” so

that the proposed research project can be duly carried out in parallel with other projects. Principal Investigator

should input and confirm following information up to the time of current application such as (1) research grant

application(s) in the review process, (2) research grant(s) adopted and to be delivered, and (3) other activities.

・This research project should be entered at the head of “(1) research grant application(s) in the review process”.


research grant application(s) in the review process” and “(2) research grant(s) adopted and to be delivered”.

・There is no need to enter the fundamental research grants that are allocated so that research activities, etc. can carry

out as duties within the research institution to which the researcher belongs in “(1) research grant application(s) in

the review process” or “(2) research grant(s) adopted and to be delivered”. The effort of the research activities and

so on that utilize such grants is included in “(3) other activities”. Moreover, the effort in the research project

supported by a KAKENHI in which the researcher participates as Research Collaborator is included in “(3) other

activities”.

・If the applicant is a Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (SPD/PD/RPD/CPD) and plan to receive a

Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows in FY2021, please enter it in “(2) research grant(s) adopted and to be delivered”.

Moreover, please do not enter the Grant-in-Aid that is paid monthly by JSPS (research implementation costs).

・As for the research proposal submission in the fiscal year previous to the final fiscal year of the

research period of an on-going research project, do not enter expected amounts of the said on-going research

project on which the new application is based in the “(2) research grant(s) adopted and to be delivered”.

In the detail column of “(1) research grant application(s) in the review process” and “(2) research grant(s) adopted

and to be delivered”, the data input column is displayed by pushing the necessary number of “Add” button on the

left side of the input screen. For data entry fields that you do not use (if you have entered but do not use it or if you

did not enter at all), please delete the data entry field by pressing the “Delete” button on the left side.

○ “ Role in this Project”

Please select “PI” if the role of the researcher is a Principal Investigator or select “Co-I” if the role of the

researcher is a Co-Investigator.

○ “ Funding Scheme, Grant Category (Funding Organization)”

In case of KAKENHI, please select the research category. For cases other than KAKENHI, please select “Other”

and enter the name of the research grant and the name of the funding organization in the lower row.


Please enter the research period.


Please enter the title of proposed research project.

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If applicant select “Co-I” in the column of Role in the Project, please enter the name of the Principal Investigator

(or equivalent) of the research subject.


Enter the amount of direct expense of research expenditure to be received and used by him/herself in FY2021

(items under application is the applied amount) in the upper row, and at the same time enter the total amount

(planned amount) to be used by him/herself during the whole period in the lower row.

If applicant select “Co-I” in the column of Role in the Project, please enter the amount of allotment (planned

amount) to be received and used by him/herself in FY2021 in the upper row, and at the same time enter the total

amount of allotment (planned amount) to be used by him/herself during the whole period in the lower row. (Please

enter "0" if contributions are not distributed in the respective column.)


Based on 100% of the total working hours for “(1) research grant application(s) in the review process”, (2)

research grant(s) adopted and to be delivered” and “(3) other activities” to be entered in this column, please enter

the allocation rate (%) of the time required for conducting activities, etc. The “total working hours” does not mean

time spent only on research activities, but entire actual working time, including time spent on educational activities

and other activities.

In KAKENHI, please enter “-” (hyphen) if applicant enter a research category (such as Specially Promoted

Research) that can be duplicated but not adopted in duplicate.

In addition, when conducting research by the competitive research grants, please be sure to enter the effort related

to the research activity. When the research project for which the current application is being made is selected, the

applicant will be requested to confirm the effort anew at that time and to perform the procedure of formal

application for grant delivery. If the effort is changed at that time, it is necessary to correct the effort it e-Rad


○ “Distinction of the research contents and reason for submission of this KAKENHI application in addition to the

other projects”

Please explicitly enter the items focusing on the research grant application(s) in the review process or research

grant(s) adopted and to be delivered, distinction of the research contents, and reason for submission of this

KAKENHI application in addition to the other projects of the research project.

If applicant is a Principal Investigator of KAKENHI, please enter the total amount of direct expense for the whole

research period including the shared amount to the Co-Investigators in this column.

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Research Proposal Document (Items to be entered in the Website) (Screenshot)

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Early-Career Scientists - (1)

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Early-Career Scientists - (2) - 1In case of selecting the option "(1) As of April 1, 2021 Ph.D. acquired less than 8 years"among the application requirements

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Early-Career Scientists - (2) - 2In case of selecting the option "(2) It is planned to acquire Ph.D. by April 1, 2021, although it is notacquired Ph.D." among the application requirements

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Early-Career Scientists - (2) - 3In case of selecting the option "(3) As of April 1, 2021 years acquired Ph.D. except period of

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The Screen to be Entered by the Co-Investigator-to-be

Registration of Co-Investigators' Consent/Dissent - (1)

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The Screen to be Entered by the Co-Investigator-to-be

Registration of Co-Investigators' Consent/Dissent - (2)

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Documents

Application Procedures for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific ...(Forms/Procedures for Preparing and Entering a Research Proposal Document) September 1, 2020 Japan Society for the Promotion